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Reporters Without Borders Blames Trump for U.S. Drop in Press-Freedom Ranking
Cybercast News Service ^ | April 26, 2018 | 1:26 PM EDT | Melanie Arter

Posted on 04/26/2018 8:25:36 PM PDT by Olog-hai

A new report by the group Reporters Without Borders ranking 180 countries according to press freedom showed the United States slipped two places, which the report blamed on President Donald Trump.

The 2018 World Press Freedom Index reflects “growing animosity towards journalists.”

“In North America, Donald Trump’s USA slipped another two places while Justin Trudeau’s Canada rose four and entered the top 20 at 18th place, a level where the situation is classified as ‘fairly good,’” the report stated.

“Despite having strong constitutional protections to the contrary, the latest World Press Freedom Index findings on the US and Canada reveal two countries whose journalists and media workers face constant challenges to the very freedom to exercise their profession,” the index stated.

“The United States’ ranking fell from 43 to 45 out of 180 countries in Reporters Without Borders’ (RSF) 2018 World Press Freedom Index, continuing its downward trend in the first year of Donald J. Trump’s presidency. In contrast, its northern neighbor Canada gained 4 places due to steps taken to safeguard the confidentiality of journalists’ sources,” it added. …

(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: canada; justintrudeau; liberalmedia; mediawingofthednc; opensociety; partisanmediashills; pressfreedom; presstitutes; reporterswoborders; smearmachine; soros; sorosagenda; tds
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Well, there goes the last of their credibility. There was far less press freedom under Obama, but they refused to report on that, and there is more likely far less press freedom under Trudeau than they are letting on.
1 posted on 04/26/2018 8:25:36 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Holding the media accountable for being biased, dishonest, inaccurate, and participating in political collusion is not infringing on press ‘freedom’.


2 posted on 04/26/2018 8:31:52 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: neverevergiveup

Who cares?


3 posted on 04/26/2018 8:33:11 PM PDT by Kozy (new age haruspex; "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.")
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To: Olog-hai

They had credibility? It’s a fully-managed arm of the Soros “Open Society Institute.”


4 posted on 04/26/2018 8:37:05 PM PDT by No.6
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To: Olog-hai
Where were these f***os when Obama was prosecuting journalists for publishing leaks?

I wonder what Sharyl Attkisson has to say.

5 posted on 04/26/2018 8:38:28 PM PDT by Lysandru
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To: Olog-hai

They as in reporters such as we see on MSM television, or those in certain leading print news media can thank themselves for their plight.

IF they are targeted entities then they exposed themselves to the missiles.


6 posted on 04/26/2018 8:39:00 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Conservatives seek the truth. Democrats seek the power to dictate what truth is.)
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To: Olog-hai

Reporters Without Borders wants journalism without accountability.


7 posted on 04/26/2018 8:39:05 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: Olog-hai

What nonsense. The MSM has never reported so negatively and inaccurately, and directed so many insults at a US president in the history of modern media. The press has never been freer. They just can’t stand it when a president sends well deserved criticism and even insults back in their direction.


8 posted on 04/26/2018 8:39:40 PM PDT by Will88
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Ha, ha Ha, HA ...

It is really Reporters Without Integrity.

And you are right. It is all Soros.


9 posted on 04/26/2018 8:40:51 PM PDT by A strike (Academia is almost as racist as Madison Avenue)
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To: No.6

Well, I intended it as a figure of speech. The left always gives the left “credibility” purely as a platform for lies.


10 posted on 04/26/2018 8:41:51 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai
Over the years RWB's private funding has come from groups and organizations such as Sanofi-Aventis, François Pinault, the Fondation de France, the Open Society Institute of George Soros, the Sigrid Rausing Trust, Benetton, and the Center for a Free Cuba.[93][97]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reporters_Without_Borders
11 posted on 04/26/2018 8:42:34 PM PDT by JPII Be Not Afraid
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He doesn’t own them, either politically / ideologically or financially, and they discredit themselves ... so obviously Trump, who has put no reporters in jail but merely said bad things (which happen to be true) about them is to blame.


12 posted on 04/26/2018 8:44:41 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Olog-hai

I blame CNN for being so single minded and in a conspiracy with the gov’t Deep State.


13 posted on 04/26/2018 8:49:57 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: A strike

Activists on a Mission...


14 posted on 04/26/2018 8:51:01 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Olog-hai

How did they rank Turkey? Did they even bother?


15 posted on 04/26/2018 9:04:36 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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MSM credibility
16 posted on 04/26/2018 9:08:45 PM PDT by FrankR (An armed society is a polite society.)
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this year:

26 Apr 2018: HuffPo: U.S. Press Freedom Ranking Falls Again, Thanks To ‘Media-Bashing Enthusiast’ Trump
Reporters Without Borders presented this year’s rankings Wednesday at an event in Washington ***co-hosted by The Washington Post ...
https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/us-press-freedom-ranking-falls-again-thanks-to-media-bashing-enthusiast-trump_us_5ae06a13e4b061c0bfa3b2d3

last year:

27 Apr 2017: HuffPo: Donald Trump’s ‘Media Bashing’ Is Already Hurting America’s Press Freedom Ranking
RSF unveiled the findings Wednesday morning at a launch event ***co-hosted by The Washington Post (known to Trump as the “phony and dishonest Washington Post”) featuring media panelists from around the world...
https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/donald-trumps-media-bashing-is-already-hurting-americas-press-freedom-ranking_us_5900a036e4b0026db1dcf0dd

no wonder MSM has been near the bottom of public polls, in terms of trust, for decades...long before Donald Trump ran for President.


17 posted on 04/26/2018 9:12:08 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: mass55th
They did bother. Turkey is in 157th place (down from 155th), and Egypt is in 161st place.

The level of BS with which they attack the USA is absurd.
18 posted on 04/26/2018 9:16:22 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: MAGAthon

And like Hillary, the media couldn’t possibly think that their lowering ranks are directly linked with the type of news they report. It’s easier to blame someone else for their failures. They always have to portray themselves as a victim.


19 posted on 04/26/2018 9:18:50 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Olog-hai

Thanks for sharing that info.


20 posted on 04/26/2018 9:21:31 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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