Posted on 02/14/2014 1:59:21 AM PST by lowbridge
According to Reporters Without Borders, America dropped 13 spots on the World Press Freedom Index 2014, designed to rank 180 countries in terms of the freedoms journalists enjoy and the regulations placed on them by government authorities.
The Index, published Feb. 11, shows that America now ranks number 46, below countries like South Africa and France. The Index has been published annually since 2002, but the 2014 ranking for America marks one of the most significant declines ever reported.
According to Christophe Deloire, the Reporters Without Borders Secretary General, the World Freedom Index is based on seven criteria: the level of abuses, the extent of pluralism, media independence, the environment and self-censorship, the legislative framework, transparency and infrastructure.
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I remember when ole Larry said Black people can’t be racist.
We’re a lot worse on religious freedom.
But look at it on the bright side. We are just ahead of Haiti, Niger, and Burkina Faso.
I understand that. A free press that chooses to march lock step with the democrat party is complicit in their own eventual demise. Voluntary slaves at this point. The voluntary part will change in time
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