commentariat

/ ˌkɒmənˈtɛərɪæt /

noun

1. the journalists and broadcasters who analyse and comment on current affairs

Word History and Origins

Origin of commentariat¹

C20: from commentator + proletariat

Example Sentences

It’s true that last year Biden finally started touting “Bidenomics,” but congressional Democrats and practically the whole liberal commentariat quickly shut him down; didn’t the president see the polls showing that most people weren’t “feeling the benefits?”

From Salon

What were we seeing that the mainstream news media and commentariat types — especially the professional centrists — were not?

From Salon

Let’s just take one matter that the mainstream news media and commentariat rarely focused on and that’s the gains the Democrats could have made by seizing the flag.

From Salon

The mainstream media and commentariat hardly noticed the problem.

From Salon

As i observed at the time, the commentariat persisted in viewing the result through the prism of the “polarization” theme, even though it demonstrated conclusively that in California, at least, there was broad agreement, not disagreement, about Newsom’s policies on fighting COVID, abortion and gun control.

From Los Angeles Times