US Slips Again In Freedom of the Press Ranking

npwa writes to tell us Reporters Without Borders has released their annual worldwide press freedom index. While developing nations like Haiti and Mauritania continue to gain ground developed nations like France, Japan, and the US continue their downward spiral. From the article: "The United States (53rd) 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 US states, refuse to recognise the media's right not to reveal its sources, even threatens journalists whose investigations have no connection at all with terrorism."

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[onion2k]

This post has been censored.

What source is this?

[Macthorpe]

Hm, well this isn't from Fox News, so it's blatantly just not true.

I only accept news from reputable, unbiased news sources.

Don't you mean...

[__aawfbm2023]

This post has definately not been censored by anyone, especially anyone in government.

P.S. I love America.

Re:10 reasons why the US is hated all over the wor

[meringuoid]

"the US.... is the only country to have used nuclear weapons and poison gases to kill thousands of people."

One correction here: several countries have used poison gas in warfare.

Now, come on. We're all geeks here, we know our Boolean logic. The statement was quite correct, although misleading. The US is indeed the only country to have used nuclear weapons AND poison gas. Many countries have used nuclear weapons OR poison gas, but that's a very different statement.

Re:Irland?

[Opportunist]

Just outside the visual spectrum, on the other end lies Uvland.