[Grovenet] Freedom of the press

[Steele, Mike]

G-Nuts...I found this on Media Matters:

 The United States is ranked 36th in the world for press freedom, according to a new report from Reporters Sans Frontieres.

The U.S. is tied with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cape Verde, South Africa, Spain, and Taiwan in the 36th spot. The ranking examines "every kind of violation directly affecting journalists (such as murders, imprisonment, physical attacks and threats) and news media (censorship, confiscation of newspaper issues, searches and harassment). And it includes the degree of impunity enjoyed by those responsible for these press freedom violations."
The full article may be found here:

www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/united-states-ranked-36th_n_136788.html


--Mike