The Fourth Estate is a four-part 2018 documentary television series about The New York Times' coverage of the White House, directed by Liz Garbus.
A 90-minute version was shown on April 28, 2018, at the Tribeca Film Festival and was followed by a panel discussion with Dean Baquet, Elisabeth Bumiller, Julie Davis, Mark Mazzetti, Liz Garbus, and Jenny Carchman.
The title of the series comes from the common term "the Fourth Estate" for the press' role as independent watchdog keeping an eye on the government.
The choice of title can be seen as an ironic comment to Trump's statement at the Conservative Political Action Conference on February 24, 2017, that much of the news media is "the enemy of the people": "A few days ago I called the fake news the enemy of the people and they are.
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