The primary democratic role of the media is to act as a public watchdog

Once the media becomes subject to public regulation… transformed… in the service of the state

Three key concepts… the media as a public watchdog, public representative and source of information

reconceptualized and reincarnated in a new form (in reference to the media/news/public sphere

Only by anchoring the media to the free market is it possible to ensure the media’s complete independence from the government.

Currans Writting

The liberal theory of press freedom

Freedom to publish

Diversity and chain ownership

loss of independence

Competition, choice and new technology

Reasppraisal

Social market flirtation

Restriction on joint media ownership

self regulation

uneasy ambivalence

weak reformism