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After the “Arab springs” and other protest movements that prompted many rises and falls in last year’s index, the 2013 Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index marks a return to a more usual configuration. The ranking of most countries is no longer attributable to dramatic political developments. This year’s index is a better reflection of the attitudes and intentions of governments towards media freedom in the medium or long term.

The same three European countries that headed the index last year hold the top three positions again this year. For the third year running, Finland has distinguished itself as the country that most respects media freedom. It is followed by the Netherlands and Norway. Although many criteria are considered, ranging from legislation to violence against journalists, democratic countries occupy the top of the index while dictatorial countries occupy the last three positions. Again it is the same three as last year – Turkmenistan, North Korea and Eritrea.

“The Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders does not take direct account of the kind of political system but it is clear that democracies provide better protection for the freedom to produce and circulate accurate news and information than countries where human rights are flouted,” Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Christophe Deloire said. “In dictatorships, news providers and their families are exposed to ruthless reprisals, while in democracies news providers have to cope with the media’s economic crises and conflicts of interest. While their situation is not always comparable, we should pay tribute to all those who resist pressure whether it is aggressively focused or diffuse.”

Coinciding with the release of its 2013 Press Freedom Index, Reporters Without Borders is for the first time publishing an annual global “indicator” of worldwide media freedom. This new analytic tool measures the overall level of freedom of information in the world and the performance of the world’s governments in their entirety as regards this key freedom In view of the emergence of new technologies and the interdependence of governments and peoples, the freedom to produce and circulate news and information needs to be evaluated at the planetary as well as national level. Today, in 2013, the media freedom “indicator” stands at 3395, a point of reference for the years to come.

The indicator can also be broken down by region and, by means of weighting based on the population of each region, can be used to produce a score from zero to 100 in which zero represents total respect for media freedom. This produces a score of 17.5 for Europe, 30.0 for the Americas, 34.3 for Africa, 42.2 for Asia-Pacific and 45.3 for the former Soviet republics. Despite the Arab springs, the Middle East and North Africa region comes last with 48.5.
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Press Freedom Index 2013 - Reporters Without Borders

United States #32

Those disgusting Socialists and Progressive countries round up the top 10. :ahh:
 
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2013 World Press Freedom Index

Top 10 Rankings
1 - Finland
2 - Netherlands
3 - Norway
4 - Luxembourg
5 - Andorra
6 - Denmark
7 - Liechtenstein
8 - New Zealand
9 - Iceland
10 - Sweden

Bottom 10 Rankings
170 - Sudan
171 - Cuba
172 - Vietnam
173 - China
174 - Iran
175 - Somalia
176 - Syria
177 - Turkmenistan
178 - North Korea
179 - Eritrea


The Nordic countries have again demonstrated their ability to maintain an optimal environment for news providers. Finland (1er, 0), Netherlands (2nd, +1) and Norway (3rd, -2) have held on to the first three places. Canada (20th, -10) only just avoided dropping out of the top 20. Andorra (5th) and Liechtenstein (7th) have entered the index for the first time just behind the three leaders.

At the other end of the index, the same three countries as ever – Turkmenistan, North Korea and Eritrea – occupy the last three places in the index. Kim Jong-un’s arrival at the head of the Hermit Kingdom has not in any way changed the regime’s absolute control of news and information. Eritrea (179th, 0), which was recently shaken by a brief mutiny by soldiers at the information ministry, continues to be a vast open prison for its people and lets journalists die in detention. Despite its reformist discourse, the Turkmen regime has not yielded an inch of its totalitarian control of the media.

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Democracies that stall or go into reverse

The situation is unchanged for much of the European Union. Sixteen of its members are still in the top 30. But the European model is unravelling. The bad legislation seen in 2011 continued, especially in Italy (57th, +4), where defamation has yet to be decriminalized and state agencies make dangerous use of gag laws. Hungary (56th, -16) is still paying the price of its repressive legislative reforms, which had a major impact on the way journalists work. But Greece’s dramatic fall (84th, -14) is even more disturbing. The social and professional environment for its journalists, who are exposed to public condemnation and violence from both extremist groups and the police, is disastrous.

Japan (53rd, -31) plummeted because of censorship of nuclear industry coverage and its failure to reform the “kisha club” system. This is an alarming fall for a country that usually has a good ranking. Argentina (54th, -7) fell amid growing tension between the government and certain privately-owned media about a new law regulating the broadcast media.
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"Just as the emergence of major protest movement (and ensuing crackdowns) had a big impact on the rankings of certain countries in 2011, so a decline in the protests has logically also had an impact a year later...the Unites States rose 15 places to 32nd, recovering a ranking more appropriate to the "country of the First Amendment". It's previous year's fall was due to the fact that crackdown on the Occupy Wall Street movement did not spare reporters in the field. Canada, on the other hand, fell 10 positions to 20th, losing its status as the western hemisphere's leader to Jamaica (Rank 13). This was due to the obstruction of journalists during the so-called "Maple Spring" student movement and to continuing threats to the confidentiality of journalists' sources and Internet users' personal data, in particular, from the C-30 bill on cyber-crime"


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Kool G Trap said:
2013 World Press Freedom Index

Top 10 Rankings
1 - Finland
2 - Netherlands
3 - Norway
4 - Luxembourg
5 - Andorra
6 - Denmark
7 - Liechtenstein
8 - New Zealand
9 - Iceland
10 - Sweden

Bottom 10 Rankings
170 - Sudan
171 - Cuba
172 - Vietnam
173 - China
174 - Iran
175 - Somalia
176 - Syria
177 - Turkmenistan
178 - North Korea
179 - Eritrea





"Just as the emergence of major protest movement (and ensuing crackdowns) had a big impact on the rankings of certain countries in 2011, so a decline in the protests has logically also had an impact a year later...the Unites States rose 15 places to 32nd, recovering a ranking more appropriate to the "country of the First Amendment". It's previous year's fall was due to the fact that crackdown on the Occupy Wall Street movement did not spare reporters in the field. Canada, on the other hand, fell 10 positions to 20th, losing its status as the western hemisphere's leader to Jamaica (Rank 13). This was due to the obstruction of journalists during the so-called "Maple Spring" student movement and to continuing threats to the confidentiality of journalists' sources and Internet users' personal data, in particular, from the C-30 bill on cyber-crime"


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