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Futhermore, for the affair « wikileaks », the creators of the website aren’t journalists but hackers. - The expression « the fourth power» is used nowadays to refer to the mass medias as a powerfull watch dogs in liberal democracy revealing abuses of state and defending the democratic rights of citizens. For example, when Zola write « j’accuse », he reveals abuses of the political and judiciairy authorities during Dreyfus judgement
- The goal of the press is to inform people from a non biased point of view, about what’s happening in the world. - Despite, the inevitable excesses it is far better to live in a country where the press is not gagged, in order not to fall into dictatorship. - Without the freedom of the press, actual socials problems are banalized. The press information lead to the sensibilization of the public.