TV series

The Fourth Estate

2018 · 1 season

A fly-on-the-wall look inside a newsroom under pressure, tense and absorbing, offering quiet satisfaction in watching diligence up close.

Overview: Explore the process and progress of The New York Times and its journalists in covering the Trump administration. Through extraordinary access, on-the-scene filmmaking, and exclusive sit-down interviews, this documentary series illuminates critical issues facing journalism today – including the challenge to the bedrock concept of truth, the changing role of the media, and the Times’ response to President Trump’s war of words.
How it feels: Tense, earnest, dark and satirical. Measured and demanding.
About: Media, politics, power, justice
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: media
politics
power
justice
identity
Places: workplace
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none