US under fire in global press freedom report (US falls 13 places, wedged between Romania and Haiti) AMERICAS PRESS FREEDOM RANKING: 46TH Reporters Without Borders has released its annual World Press Freedom Index [tinyurl/mjl26pd ], and the US suffered one of the most significant declines in 2013, the group says. Thanks to the conviction of WikiLeaks leaker Chelsea Manning and the pursuit of NSA leaker Edward Snowden, among other things, the US dropped 13 places to No. 46 out of 180 countries, AFP [tinyurl/lyxp9jy ]reports. That puts us between Romania and Haiti. The top three countries were the same as the year prior: Finland, the Netherlands, and Norway. The worst countries? From the bottom up: Eritrea, North Korea, Turkmenistan, and Syria. See the full index here [tinyurl/mjl26pd]. The group, known by its French acronym RSF, said the United States had suffered one of the most significant declines in press freedom last year, dropping 13 places to 46th in the 180-country index, wedged between Romania and Haiti.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 01:31:46 +0000
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