US Falls 9 places in Press Freedom Index

[Rose Siding]

We're in a 4 way tie for 53rd with Botswana, Croatia and Tonga! Woo Hoo!!!!!! USA USA :woohoo:

The France-based, international media-rights monitoring organization Reporters Sans Frontières (Reporters Without Borders) has issued its annual Press Freedom Index describing conditions journalists face around the world as they try to do their jobs....

..."The United States (now only 53rd place on its list) has fallen nine places since last year, after being in 17th position in the first year of the Index, in 2002. Relations between the media and the Bush administration sharply deteriorated after the president used the pretext of 'national security' to regard as suspicious any journalist who questioned his 'war on terrorism.' The zeal of federal courts which, unlike those in 33 U.S. states, refuse to recognize the media's right not to reveal its sources, even threatens journalists whose investigations have no connection at all with terrorism."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=15&entry_id=10187

Rankings here
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=19388

Watch out Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, and Namibia! -Because we'll catch you next year!!!!!!!!!

[ProgressiveEconomist]

1. LINK to RWB rankings, questionnaire, and methodology shows

.the US now ranks below Hungary, Bolivia, Bosnia, Panama, Bulgaria, South Africa, and Chile!

See http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=639

[Vidar]

2. We're 53rd, woo hoo! Predictably we trail all of Europe,

but S. Korea, Japan & Israel as well.