Editorial discretion and transparency

If it has cropped up it has often been in regard to government media and in situations where the private media houses accuse government of using advertising revenues to seek to influence them.  I, however, feel that it is time the subject is looked at in regard to the private media houses themselves in isolation from government.

My concern is that private media houses always talk about transparency, but have not themselves opened up.  I am not here concerned with editorial discretion as regards proprietary interests of the private media houses and guarding against hate, incitement or hatred.  I am here concerned with the level of transparency as regards freedom of expression and how the private media houses draw a balance between editorial discretion and freedom of expression.