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U.S. Plunges To 46th In World Press Freedom Index... Below Romania

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Reporters Without Borders
 
Saw this the other day. Watch the patronisers come in.
 
Singapore is among bottom - 150. To hell with press freedom. You don't need press freedom for political stability, economic growth etc.
 
Singapore is among bottom - 150. To hell with press freedom. You don't need press freedom for political stability, economic growth etc.

'To hell with press freedom.'

Are you serious?
 
This has been the case in the United States (46th), which fell 13 places, one of the most significant declines, amid increased efforts to track down whistleblowers and the sources of leaks. The trial and conviction of Private Bradley Manning and the pursuit of NSA analyst Edward Snowden were warnings to all those thinking of assisting in the disclosure of sensitive information that would clearly be in the public interest.

I smell political bias.
 
Who the **** are the outsiders to gauge our press freedom. The ballot box with free and fair elections is there.
 
Who the **** are the outsiders to gauge our press freedom. The ballot box with free and fair elections is there.

It has to do with their methodology. We really do lack in some of these:

o Pluralism [indicator Plu]
 Mesure le degré de représentation des opinions dans l’espace médiatique
o Media independance [indicator Ind]
 Measures the degree to which the media are able to function independently of the
authorities
o Environment and self-censorship [indicator EnA]
 Analyses the environment in which journalists work
o Legislative framework [indicator CaL]
 Analyses the quality of the legislative framework and measures its effectiveness
o Transparency [indicator Tra]
 Measures the transparency of the institutions and procedures that affect the production
of news and information
o Infrastructure [indicateur Inf]
 Measures the quality of the infrastructure that supports the production of news and
information
 
It has to do with their methodology. We really do lack in some of these:

o Pluralism [indicator Plu]
 Mesure le degré de représentation des opinions dans l’espace médiatique
o Media independance [indicator Ind]
 Measures the degree to which the media are able to function independently of the
authorities
o Environment and self-censorship [indicator EnA]
 Analyses the environment in which journalists work
o Legislative framework [indicator CaL]
 Analyses the quality of the legislative framework and measures its effectiveness
o Transparency [indicator Tra]
 Measures the transparency of the institutions and procedures that affect the production
of news and information
o Infrastructure [indicateur Inf]
 Measures the quality of the infrastructure that supports the production of news and
information

The Singapore government has won law suits against Wall Street Journal etc. We are blacklisted.
 
It has to do with their methodology. We really do lack in some of these


Regarding the US, it has to do with this being a French organization taking up for Snowden and Assange, and even the traitor Manning.

The whistleblower is the enemy. Hence the 35-year jail term imposed on Private Chelsea/Bradley Manning for being the big WikiLeaks source, an extremely long sentence

That's flat-out CT. They're claiming that his sentence is the result of the suppression of whistle-blowers and not because he broke laws.
 
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You want real news, read the blogs by those with firsthand accounts or just get involved in the situation if you can.....


The MSM always seems to take one side, and hardly understands or gets the right ideas of what the event(s) are about.


Youtube is a great place to find a lot of these "V-bloggers" however knowing our government they've probably deleted a bunch by now - at least the ones they don't agree with.
 
Regarding the US, it has to do with this being a French organization taking up for Snowden and Assange, and even the traitor Manning.

That is the reason for the fall from last year.. but the US was already low due to other factors. Things like media ownership laws and actual number of owners, corporate influence on media and so on. And you cant deny that this aint a problem in the US.
 
Regarding the US, it has to do with this being a French organization taking up for Snowden and Assange, and even the traitor Manning.
Ad hominem attacks, and xenophobic ones at that... way to lose a debate, Eco!
 
Did anyone else crack a smile when noticing how Ellesmere Island appears to be the size of Brazil when it is really 1/40th the size? Or that Russia appears to be about twice the size of Africa, when truth is it's the other way around? I know the why of this, it just makes me smile to see it.
 
Did anyone else crack a smile when noticing how Ellesmere Island appears to be the size of Brazil when it is really 1/40th the size? Or that Russia appears to be about twice the size of Africa, when truth is it's the other way around? I know the why of this, it just makes me smile to see it.

Well that is the remnant of racism of the 1700s-1900s. Africa is a MASSIVE place..

true-size-of-africa.jpg


but because of when maps were designed back in the day... we could after all not have the black continent be bigger and more important than the mighty European empires :)

And on the map.. where is Greenland?!?=!?!?!?! Racist bastards! :)
 
We're still above Haiti.
 
In the 12th year of the Global War On Terror, this has been a long time comin'. :(
 
Obama's America. Spying on the media. Put the IRS on anyone who is critical. Obtained to himself the ability to have anyone secretly imprisoned or assassinated. Ban adverse media from press conferences and the White House. Make everything a classified secret. There is nothing "liberal" about Obama. He is an authoritarian, not a liberal.
 
Obama's America. Spying on the media. Put the IRS on anyone who is critical. Obtained to himself the ability to have anyone secretly imprisoned or assassinated. Ban adverse media from press conferences and the White House. Make everything a classified secret. There is nothing "liberal" about Obama. He is an authoritarian, not a liberal.

Of course he's authoritarian. He learned well from his predecessors.

It's about time someone else figured out he's no liberal.
 
Did anyone else crack a smile when noticing how Ellesmere Island appears to be the size of Brazil when it is really 1/40th the size? Or that Russia appears to be about twice the size of Africa, when truth is it's the other way around? I know the why of this, it just makes me smile to see it.

You aren't one of those Mercatorphobes, are you?
 
Anyone else notice how the defenders of the American realm want so badly to divert from the topic at hand, heaven forbid we talk about the most transparent regime in American history (not).


Did anyone else crack a smile when noticing how Ellesmere Island appears to be the size of Brazil when it is really 1/40th the size? Or that Russia appears to be about twice the size of Africa, when truth is it's the other way around? I know the why of this, it just makes me smile to see it.
 
That is the reason for the fall from last year.. but the US was already low due to other factors. Things like media ownership laws and actual number of owners, corporate influence on media and so on. And you cant deny that this aint a problem in the US.

That is certainly a real problem, especially on our A.M. radio.

The real trick, however, is to take off the anti-American blinders long enough to compare ours against those countries that face similar terrorist threats or even just other countries in general.
 
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