The Fourth Estate (TV series)

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The Fourth Estate
Created by Liz Garbus
Directed byLiz Garbus
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes4
Production
Running time243 minutes (in total)
Production companyMoxie Firecracker Films
Original release
Network Showtime
ReleaseMay 27, 2018 (2018-05-27)

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. [1] The opening sequence is scored by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross; the series features variations of songs from Reznor's Ghosts I–IV . [2]

Contents

The series was released by Showtime a month later. It combines running office footage with interviews of investigative reporters and their bosses as they go about their work. 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. They are the enemy of the people." [3]

Episodes

No.Title [4] Directed byWritten byOriginal air date [4] US viewers
(millions)
1"First 100 Days" Liz Garbus UnknownMay 27, 2018 (2018-05-27)0.163 [5]
2"The Trump Bump" Jenny Carchman and Liz GarbusUnknownJune 3, 2018 (2018-06-03)N/A
3"American Carnage"Jenny Carchman and Liz GarbusUnknownJune 10, 2018 (2018-06-10)0.111 [6]
4"Matters of Fact"Jenny Carchman and Liz GarbusUnknownJune 17, 2018 (2018-06-17)0.124 [7]

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References

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