The United States, you know “the land of the free”, ranks 44th place in the World Press Freedom Index. Our “liberal press” is less free than Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lithuania and Slovakia, among others.
North Korea, Eritrea and Turkmenistan are the world’s “black holes” for news
“Western democracies slip back, with the US falling more than 20 places.”
There was a time when I was a journalism major. My naiveté was lost when I saw what a slave the US press is to its corporate masters. The kind of journalism I wanted to do-independent, non-corporate funded-wouldn’t pay my bills so I took my disillusionment and switched majors.
What of the countries the Bush administration has insisted on liberating? Afghanistan is 125th, Iraq is 157th. And our embedded reporters in Iraq? They rank 137th.
Looks like Denmark, #1, is the land of the free.
Posted by Vixen as Political Rants, News at 3:08 AM CDT