Report: U.S. declines again in press-freedom index, falls to 'problematic' status [View all]

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Report: U.S. declines again in press-freedom index, falls to ‘problematic’ status


https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/report-us-declines-again-in-press-freedom-index-falls-to-problematic-status/2019/04/17/a1cf1abc-612f-11e9-9412-daf3d2e67c6d_story.html?utm_term=.56366531c086

President Trump’s rhetoric was cited in a report that discusses declining press freedom in the United States. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
By Paul Farhi


April 18 at 12:01 AM

For the third time in three years, the United States’ standing in an annual index of press freedom declined, a result the report’s authors attributed to President Trump’s anti-press rhetoric and continuing threats to journalists.

Reporters Without Borders, the international group that compiles the World Press Freedom Index, ranked the United States 48th among 180 nations and territories it surveyed. The U.S. ranking fell three spots from 2018, continuing a downward trend that began in 2016.

The United States finished just above Senegal and just below Romania on this year’s list.

It also fell into the ranks of countries whose treatment of journalists is considered “problematic,” the first time the United States has been so classified since the organization began the index in 2002.

The top ranks were dominated once again by European countries: Norway ranked first for the third time in a row, followed by Finland, Sweden, Netherlands and Denmark. The bottom of the list included, in descending order, Vietnam, China, Eritrea, North Korea and Turkmenistan............................