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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."
And what's the big surprise about this one?
"Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchet
Anyone has a link to the complete ranking? Who's number one? Who's last? Actually I have a pretty good idea which countries would be located towards the bottom of that list...
Your pizza just the way you ought to have it.
The United States on a worldwide index of the journalist organization "reporters stand without boundary" for the notice of the press freedom only on the 17th place. "Serious restrictions of the press freedom" would be indicated however on each continent, divided the interests representation in Berlin on Wednesday with. Under the 20 countries with the "coarsest offences" accordingly next to African, Asian and latin american countries also the European countries are located Russia and White Russia. As a worst European candidate on the list, Italy landed cuts 40th Germany on rank with the seventh rank quite well off. EU-Beitrittsaspirant Turkey belays the statements according to the 99th place.
Oh, so because a few journalists have been arrested for trying to cross security lines at official buildings, this is how they 'punish' the US, by giving a bad rating?
Cmon, if a cop or an MP says "No journalists allowed", you deserve all that you get if you try to defy them. "Freedom of press" doesn't mean "Universal Access".
Hokey statistics and ancient misconceptions are no match for a good thought in your head, kid!
Die Vereinigten Staaten stehen auf einem weltweiten Index der Journalistenorganisation "Reporter ohne Grenzen" für die Beachtung der Pressefreiheit nur auf dem 17. Platz. "Gravierende Einschränkungen der Pressefreiheit" würden jedoch auf jedem Kontinent verzeichnet, teilte die Interessenvertretung am Mittwoch in Berlin mit. Unter den 20 Ländern mit den "gröbsten Verstößen" befinden sich demnach neben afrikanischen, asiatischen und lateinamerikanischen Staaten auch die europäischen Länder Russland und Weißrussland. Als schlechtester europäischer Kandidat auf der Liste landete Italien auf Rang 40. Deutschland schneidet mit dem siebten Rang recht gut ab. EU-Beitrittsaspirant Türkei belegt den Angaben zufolge den 99. Platz.
Auf Englisch, Bitte.
How ya like dat?
I'll take $50,000 on Giants at 4-1, and another $50,000 on the Angels at 2-1.