US Slips Again In Freedom of the Press Ranking |
| from the gosh-at-least-citizen's-rights-aren't-being-eroded dept.|
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday October 24, @07:39 (The Media)|
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/24/047209 |
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[0]npwa writes to tell us Reporters Without Borders has released their
annual [1]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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1. http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=639