how free is the press where you live?
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miriam_eReporters Without Borders has compiled a list of 168 countries and organised them according to how free the press is in those places.
See the list at: http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=639
Most free are northern European countries Finland, Iceland, Ireland, and Netherlands which all have equally extremely free and open media. The Czech Republic is very close.
The UK is slipping badly, having dropped to tie with Lithuania for 27th position.
Australia is not doing very well at 35th position along with Bulgaria, France, and Mali.
Israel has nothing to be proud of at 50th.
Japan does far less well than I would have thought, at 51st.
Mainland USA is appalling at 53rd position, same as Botswana, Croatia, and Tonga, while extra-territorial USA is tragically at 119th.
Mexico is at 132nd, just above Egypt at 133rd.
Saudi Arabia -- the great middle east ally of the West is at the terrible 161st position.
North Korea is worst of all, at 168th.
See the list at: http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=639
Most free are northern European countries Finland, Iceland, Ireland, and Netherlands which all have equally extremely free and open media. The Czech Republic is very close.
The UK is slipping badly, having dropped to tie with Lithuania for 27th position.
Australia is not doing very well at 35th position along with Bulgaria, France, and Mali.
Israel has nothing to be proud of at 50th.
Japan does far less well than I would have thought, at 51st.
Mainland USA is appalling at 53rd position, same as Botswana, Croatia, and Tonga, while extra-territorial USA is tragically at 119th.
Mexico is at 132nd, just above Egypt at 133rd.
Saudi Arabia -- the great middle east ally of the West is at the terrible 161st position.
North Korea is worst of all, at 168th.
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Date: 2006-11-16 10:12 pm (UTC)You know... it got me thinking. All around the world people have been ceasing to buy newspapers in their droves. Commercial radio is losing its audience in a big way, and TV's news/current affairs audience is drying up. Each of those organisations seems totally mystified as to why that is happening. It seems obvious to me: people are sick and tired of being lied to by sensationalist, fear-inspiring propagandists. I wonder if the press is suffering the same way in those countries with the most press freedom. I just betcha it isn't.