Habermas argues the public state

“a public space between the private domain and the state in which public opinion was formed and ‘popular’ supervision of government was established” 

“This watchdog role is said to override in importance all other functions in media and to dictate the form in which the media should be organised”

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

The media should work for the public interest. This should be regulated between the free market (people) or the state.