Editing Uruguay (section)

=== Media ===
The [[Reporters Without Borders]] worldwide press freedom index has ranked Uruguay as 19th of 180 reported countries in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/ranking_table|title=2019 World Press Freedom Index|website=RSF|language=en|access-date=21 May 2019|archive-date=24 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424043201/https://rsf.org/en/ranking_table|url-status=live}}</ref> Freedom of speech and media are guaranteed by the constitution, with qualifications for inciting violence or "insulting the nation".<ref name="BBC-profile"/> Uruguay's freedom of the press was severely curtailed during the years of military dictatorship. On his first day in office in March 1985, Sanguinetti reestablished complete freedom of the press.<ref name="loc-80" /> Consequently, Montevideo's newspapers expanded their circulations.<ref name="loc-80">{{cite web|url=http://countrystudies.us/uruguay/80.htm|title=The Media – Uruguay|publisher=Library of Congress Country Studies|access-date=23 February 2011|archive-date=30 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430025454/http://countrystudies.us/uruguay/80.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Uruguayans have access to more than 100 private daily and weekly newspapers, more than 100 radio stations, and some 20 terrestrial television channels, and cable TV is widely available.<ref name="BBC-profile" />

State-run [[List of radio stations in Uruguay|radio]] and [[Television in Uruguay|TV]] are operated by the official broadcasting service [[SODRE]].<ref name="BBC-profile" /> Some newspapers are owned by, or linked to, the main political parties.<ref name="BBC-profile" /> ''[[El Día (Uruguay)|El Día]]'' was the nation's most prestigious paper until its demise in the early 1990s, founded in 1886 by the Colorado party leader and (later) president [[José Batlle y Ordóñez]]. {{Lang|es|[[El País (Uruguay)|El País]]}}, the paper of the rival Blanco Party, has the largest circulation.<ref name="britannica" /> ''[[Búsqueda]]'' serves as a forum for political and economic analysis.<ref name="loc-80" /> Although it sells only about 16,000 copies a week, its estimated readership exceeds 50,000.<ref name="loc-80" />