What's missing in Sweden?

Why is the press/media in Sweden called the Third Estate, while the same is called the Fourth Estate (branch of government) in the United States?

//asking for a friend


...friend also wonders: Why so much use of weasel words (Swedish: "försåtliga referenser"), and why so much being vague with names of perpetrators, locations and victims when reporting on something?

By constantly quoting and interviewing anonymous individuals makes the reporting to never be 100% true; you're merely spreading rumors. Who benefits from this selective "reporting"?

Instead, remember that you have to live.

Memento Mori Vivo


Endorsed by:  Thirt33nth Estate™

(sorry, can't help it, and I'm a big fan of Quotes)