EIRP Proceedings, Vol 6 (2011)
The Fourth State Power – Case Study: Pamfil Şeicaru
Abstract
The first years of the interwar period brought a major change within the role that the press
played in the Romanian society. The politicians could not ignore the journalists’ opinions any longer.
For many Romanians, to be a newspaper editor meant to defend the interests of the poor and of the
defendless people. The heads of the most important political parties were forced to allow the press
representatives in the Parliament and in the ministerial cabinets. Thus the journalist turned into a
prototypical dictator, and the whole press took its “fourth power” role seriously. Pamfil Şeicaru is one
of those journalists who had the great merit of having turned the press into a fierceful institution, the
fourth state power, alongside with the executive, judicial and legislative powers.
played in the Romanian society. The politicians could not ignore the journalists’ opinions any longer.
For many Romanians, to be a newspaper editor meant to defend the interests of the poor and of the
defendless people. The heads of the most important political parties were forced to allow the press
representatives in the Parliament and in the ministerial cabinets. Thus the journalist turned into a
prototypical dictator, and the whole press took its “fourth power” role seriously. Pamfil Şeicaru is one
of those journalists who had the great merit of having turned the press into a fierceful institution, the
fourth state power, alongside with the executive, judicial and legislative powers.
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