U.S. Ranks 17th in Freedom of the Press

reimero writes "According to this article on Yahoo! Germany the U.S. has experienced "serious restrictions" in freedom of the press, according to Reporters without borders' first worldwide press freedom index. Finland, Iceland, Norway and the Netherlands came in tops. An interesting study, to say the least."

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Freedom of the Press

[kenp2002]

Here is their idea of freedom of the press:

A: We have the freedom to print malicous and many times false and misleading articles on both public and private citizens
B: We have the right to interfere with police investigations putting people lives at risk. Including invalidating/contaminating evidence.
C: We have the right to report secret government information that places security at risk and could result in the deaths of our soldiers and aid our enemies.
D: We have the right to put forth our own political agendas and parade our biases as Journalism.
E: We have the right to, without jury or due process, label someone guilty by inference.

I question "The Journalist" these days. Especially after the military plane in Maryland fiasco. Lets not even start with CNN and the Gulf War. Or How about our plans for our recent IRAQ plans, that was nice.

There is a fine line between the right to privacy and the rights of "journalists".