world free press index....we ain't number 1!!!

[ztn]

Rank Country Note
1 Finland 0,50
- Iceland 0,50
- Norway 0,50
- Netherlands 0,50
5 Canada 0,75
6 Ireland 1,00
7 Germany 1,50
- Portugal 1,50
- Sweden 1,50
10 Denmark 3,00
11 France 3,25
12 Australia 3,50
- Belgium 3,50
14 Slovenia 4,00
15 Costa Rica 4,25
- Switzerland 4,25
17 United States 4,75
18 Hong Kong 4,83
19 Greece 5,00
20 Ecuador 5,50
21 Benin 6,00
- United Kingdom 6,00
- Uruguay 6,00
24 Chile 6,50
- Hungary 6,50
26 South Africa 7,50
- Austria 7,50
- Japan 7,50
29 Spain 7,75
- Poland 7,75
31 Namibia 8,00
32 Paraguay 8,50
33 Croatia 8,75
- El Salvador 8,75
35 Taiwan 9,00
36 Mauritius 9,50
- Peru 9,50
38 Bulgaria 9,75
39 South Korea 10,50
40 Italy 11,00
41 Czech Republic 11,25
42 Argentina 12,00
43 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12,50
- Mali 12,50
45 Romania 13,25
46 Cape Verde 13,75
47 Senegal 14,00
48 Bolivia 14,50
49 Nigeria 15,50
- Panama 15,50

[Jon_da_brockman]

1. Where did you find this list?

I would like to take a closer look. Curiosities sake, thanks :)

[ztn]

7. here's the link

http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=4118

[prodigal_green]

2. Please expain these numbers...

thanks.

[ztn]

10. I think treatment of journalists is a major factor in the score

censorship figures in as well but there's no explanantion to exactly how the score is tabulated.

[bloom]

3. I'm surprised we are that high... eom

[Celeborn Skywalker]

4. That's weird

I always thought the UK had a more free press than ours. I'm also surprised Spain and Italy are below us.

[ztn]

9. I'm not surprised about Italy

Berlusconi owns most of the mainstream media over there.


Spain I have no explanantion. I posted the link above where the info comes from.

[blm]

16. The Spanish royals and Berlusconi in Italy CONTROL most of the press

in those countries.

[libhill]

5. And -

that surprises you?

[ztn]

11. Not at all.

In fact I thought we'd be lower. I'm not sure how the score is tabulated. If there were a way to measure distortion and poor coverage, we'd probably rank lower.

[JDPriestly]

6. The only surprise to me is that

Slovenia beats us. Now, that says something.

[hippiepunk]

8. Whats wrong with Britain's free press?

They seem to have more balls than the US whores.

[Henny Penny]

15. The UK press...

certain aspects of the UK press are very good, but they are in the minority. The BBC's mainstream news coverage is appalling- the news readers are like kindergarten teachers. So many reports are from seasoned, respected journalists giving their reports through clenched teeth, because they know its horsesh*t, but they are being forced.

On the plus side, they do make documentaries etc, that are very good, but that they know only the already informed will watch and these tend to be shown late at night on BBC2 or C4.

[gratuitous]

12. In your face, Benin!

Looks like Stupidhead and Faux still have some "hard work" to do.

[TahitiNut]

13. US nearly ties with the Corporate State of Hong Hong

Figures. :eyes:

[Skidmore]

14. What do ya know? Finland is the greatest nation on the

face of the earth.

[blm]

17. We slipped. Last time I recall we were rated 16th.

.

[ztn]

18. I'm sure we've slipped a lot in recent decades

We probably peaked around watergate and have started curling back to the fetal position since.

[unhappycamper]

19. we're doing a lot better that i thought

i would have expected the bottom 10%.

[John_H]

20. If they measured willfull self censorchip on the part of mediawhores we'd

be down there with china.