should media be state or private owned?(what are the advantage/disadvantage of both systems

The private media belongs to its owners who may use it as they please.

The state media belongs to the people. It cannot be used by the government of the day as it pleases.

The state media thus has a duty to set standards that the private media may follow if they wish.

A healthy relationship should be built between the state media and the private media. This can only happen if there is mutual respect between the two types of media. Mutual respect will grow when, common standards of professional conduct applicable to the media are accepted and upheld. When media personnel realize that they belong to a profession with responsibilities to the people their relationships with their respective masters will become not that of servants but that of partners.

During a general election, in particular, the state media, both print and electronic, should in handling public and political issues maintain a fair balance. Media coverage should be fair and to