Liberal theory is the freedom to to publish in the free market to “ensure that the press reflects a wide range of options and interests in society.”- quote taken from ‘th liberal theory of press freedom by Curran.

“the press is the peoples watchdog, scrutinizing the actions of the government and holding the countries rulers to account.” – basically explaining that the press is the way of providing information to the public about what is happening in the world and to give flack to the government. – curran

Costs to publish used to be high however the advances of technology means that nearly anyone is free to publish whatever they like for a smaller amount of money.

In the 80’s new technologies came out and therefore should have increased the number of newspapers being produced however it didn’t, there are still the same amount of papers. This proves his theory that there is not enough diversification in the press. This can effect the American election as it may impact who people vote for. The press can do this by showing a candidate in a certain light.

Sinclair-owned tv channels- all say the same thing pushing trump. Eg fox

CAPITALIST MEDIA- CONGLOMERATES- AIM IS CAPITAL PROFITS (murdoc)

Public service media- in public interest- tax pays for public service broadcast- money goes back into the business for the public.

civil society media- really independent services- eg jersey hospital radio. Parish news letters (niche)

tension between the 3, fear that the PBC will be lost and the capital media will win.