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Re:The R. Kelly ‘cult’ story and the ‘Gawker Effect’ by Pigo on Monday July 31, 2017 @09:56AM (#14891977)
I'm so gullible, for a minute there I was like "there's a fifth estate now"? I thought I was going to have to google what this new estate was all about.
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Re:The R. Kelly ‘cult’ story and the ‘Gawker Effect’ by mmjaa on Monday July 31, 2017 @11:04AM (#14892639)
The Fifth Estate are bloggers, and sites like Gawker:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Estate

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Re:The R. Kelly ‘cult’ story and the ‘Gawker Effect’ by Pigo on Monday July 31, 2017 @02:18PM (#14894583)
Well then, shows how much I know. I'd never heard of them being called that. It seems odd that another type of news agency would be a different estate.
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