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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs USA free when it comes to the press or information? 2014 World Press Freedom Index
http://rsf.org/index2014/en-index2014.phpWhere do we fall in the stats?
Can you guess?
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Is USA free when it comes to the press or information? 2014 World Press Freedom Index (Original Post)
randys1
Feb 2015
OP
We're 46th but will probably overtake Haiti (47) in a matter of weeks.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2015
#5
samsingh
(17,599 posts)1. hint: we're worse than Botswana but ahead of haiti
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)2. I have not looked yet...ummm 18th ?
On Edit: What! 46th? Sweet Jesus. That's sick and sad.
Kip Humphrey
(4,753 posts)3. We're number 46! We're number 46! USA! USA!
randys1
(16,286 posts)4. Yep...and let me be the first to admit that Obama has been crap when it comes
to the whistle blower thing and he has probably not been good on the whole freedom of the press thing
For reasons I do NOT understand
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)5. We're 46th but will probably overtake Haiti (47) in a matter of weeks.