sentences:  It was possible to speak of a fourth estate since it could act the part of all state organs.Especially as the high editorial quality of the press was mainly derived from the work of writers and novelists who used newspapers as a revolutionary way of expression.The power of the press certainly brought politicians to action, an example of which was Mercier, who appeared to have pushed at the Dreyfus trial in 1894 to please "La Libre Parole" who attacked ferociously.