The Day the Free Press Died: People in the Past Have Died to Protect the Integrity of the Press. Today, the Media Has No Integrity

The free press was created by the first amendment to the US Constitution. It serves as the fourth estate of power alongside the presidency, the Congress, and the courts. Many believe that through corruption and affiliations with political parties, the idea of a fourth estate to protect the people from all other aspects of government has passed on with the dodo bird. The corruption of the press after its death is most obvious in the tireless effort to destroy the legitimate Trump presidency

The way the press hopped on President Richard Nixon in 1974 after he had won two electoral landslides is seen by many as the beginning of the death of the press as a protective element of the people's power. The Washington Post and the US Press brought down the Nixon Administration. Like today v Trump, the Beltway media had it out for Nixon and, right or wrong. They were able to marshal public opinion against him. Nixon did not own the media and so he lost the battle.

In those days, approval of the media by the public was in the high seventies, while today, approval sits in the low teens with little respect from people who think.

Despite devoting many dozens of reporters to bring down Trump, the corrupt press has been unable to do so as "The Donald" knows their game better than they do, and so far, he has played it better than they. The press, is supposed to be above politics but recently it aligns itself with government, political parties, corporations, unions, and other entities, instead of the people. It has not been serving its constitutional role, and so it deserves no special treatment as a fourth estate of US power.

Brian W. Kelly wrote this book so that all Americans can understand the correct role of the press, and the power of the press and how sometime in the 20th century, the free press died and so far, it looks like it will not be back for some time to come. A resurgence of honesty in journalism would be appreciated by all