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US Plunges To 46th In World Press Freedom Index

Posted by samzenpus on from the out-of-the-medals dept.

schwit1 writes "Reporters Without Borders puts out their Press Freedom Index every year, and the 2014 ranking came out today. It was not a good showing for the U.S. Specifically, the U.S. registered one of the steepest falls of all nations, down 13 slots to the #46 position, just above Haiti and just below Romania."

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  1. Re:No... their stats suck by Chan+Jav · · Score: 5, Informative

    Think for yourself, but have a look here.

    Their statistics suck, even if their principles are sound.

    Let us look at the last few years worth of rankings
    2002 17th
    2003 31st
    2004 22nd
    2005 44th
    2006 53rd
    2007 48th
    2008 36th
    2009 20th
    2010 20th
    2011-12 47th
    2013 32nd
    2014 46th

    Seems like a yo-yo, maybe this index is more about creating headlines than true measure. Please do reference the On The Media story linked above.