What class the 4th estate/5th columnists have (sarc off).
A few months ago, I watched the entire "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" series from the 70s. Two episodes stand out as being rather interesting with regard to the press and our current _resident. The first is an episode with a werewolf on a cruise ship. One of the characters refers to Kolchak as the Fifth Column a few times, with Kolchak barking back "Fourth Estate".
The other episode depicts an evil Satan-backed candidate who comes out of nowhere, gets rid of inconvenient opponents, and wins elections because the other is forced out of the running (usually due to death).