US President Thomas Jefferson once said “If I am asked to choose between ‘a Government without a press’ and ‘a press without a government’ I will not hesitate a moment to choose the later. In fact one cannot think of a situation where there is no press. Though Legislature, Judiciary and Executive are the three constitutionally sanctioned institutions of democracy which are other
wise called the pillars of democracy press continues to be the fourth pillar even if it does not have the constitutional sanction.
FIRST PILLAR vs FOURTH PILLAR A study of press coverage of Delhi Legislative Assembly
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