Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
2/16/2014
…As you might expect, the economic decline of a nation into rule by a handful of corrupt oligarchs will have many other negative repercussions. One of these is a loss of civil rights and freedoms that many of us have taken for granted. Reporters Without Borders puts out their Press Freedom Index every year, and the 2014 ranking came out today. It was not a good showing for the USSA. Specifically, the U.S. registered one of the steepest falls of all nations, down 13 slots to the #46 position. As the screen shot shows, just above Haiti and just below Romania…
…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…
The entire article is at ZeroHedge.
The full-sized image of the map is here.
Related: Networks Yawn at Claim of ‘Significant Decline’ in Press Freedom in U.S. Under Obama (video)
ABC, CBS, and NBC’s morning and evening newscasts have so far punted on reporting the strong critique of the Obama administration’s “disturbing retreat from democratic practices” with regard to the freedom of the press, according to Reporters Without Borders. The U.S. fell 13 places in the international group’s annual “World Press Freedom Index” for the federal government’s “increased efforts to track down whistleblowers and the sources of leaks.”…
