I heard somewhere that the U.S was ranked 20 something out of the world ..

[southernleftylady]

for freedom of press.. anyone know where this is and a link? thanks!

[LynnTheDem]

1. No problem...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3256682

:)

[DrDebug]

2. Reporters without borders #17

1  Finland        0,50
-  Iceland        0,50
-  Norway         0,50
-  Netherlands    0,50
5  Canada         0,75
6  Ireland        1,00
7  Germany        1,50
-  Portugal       1,50
-  Sweden         1,50
10 Denmark        3,00
11 France         3,25
12 Australia      3,50
-  Belgium        3,50
14 Slovenia       4,00
15 Costa Rica     4,25
-  Switzerland    4,25
17 United States  4,75
18 Hong Kong      4,83
19 Greece         5,00
20 Ecuador        5,50
...
130 Iraq         79,00

http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=4116

[Media_Lies_Daily]

3. It's all part of the rightwing NeoCon campaign to make us believe...

...we still live in a democracy. I'm always amazed at the number of DUers that fall for this crap.

[justgamma]

4. Randi Rhodes said we were 29th in media freedom.

on Cspan. I can't for the life of me remember where she got that figure, but I remember her saying the source.

[nuxvomica]

5. Global Press Freedoom rankings for 2005

If I recall correctly, that was what Randi was talking about.

Here's the rankings in pdf:
http://www.freedomhouse.org/research/pressurvey/allscore2005.pdf

and the press release:
http://www.freedomhouse.org/research/pressurvey.htm