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1-the fourth estate acts as a check on abuses by the other three estates by holding them accountable to the electorate and providing information to ensure democracy is allowed to operate efficiently.

2-the decline in the newspapers importance as the most significant and speedy provider of news has undoubtedly accelerated the fall in their circulation. sureing the 1970s the only way of accessing on-demand news was by teletext, by the early 1990s the arrival of satellite and cable tv with its 24 hour news channels.

3-It is said the internet is now the main power in media technology, providing us with whatever we want whenever we want it. This means that although the internet has caused the decline in newspapers by providing faster, cheaper access (anywhere in the world) to stories developing around the world, the original purpose of the fourth estate can still be carried out by these new media technologies.