Ideally, the media should exist as a public realm that cannot be manipulated by the power of corporations or governments, wherein those holding the various opinions and viewpoints within society can rationally communicate and reach consensus.
理想的媒體，因此被認為是一塊不容商業與政治力量染指的公共領域，能讓社會上各種意見與觀點在此理性溝通、尋求共識。