The U.S. Just Finished 46th in a Press Freedom Contest

This may give the right wingers on the forum a boost, but I think this is important, and we all need to be aware of it.. A true slap in the face of every person who calls this nation home..

I can not get the link to register or copy or wh**ever... The articale can be found on Trov.com and its origin is at the top of the page..

The Following links may lead you to what you are looking for.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-stearns/us-plummets-in-global-pre_b_4770182.html
http://en.rsf.org/
I have no opinion in general about the U.S. Standing on freedom of press ranking compared to other countries. I have a theory that information technology is rapidly advancing so fast that it won’t be long before no one, no government or corporation will be able to keep a secret. Freedom of press will become an obsolete phrase as any information will be available to anyone who wants it. In a short time, there will be no more secrets.


... the heritage of the 1776 constitution was shaken to its foundations during George W. Bush’s two terms as president by the way journalists were harassed and even imprisoned for refusing to reveal their sources or surrender their files to federal judicial officials. There has been little improvement in practice under Barack Obama. Rather than pursuing journalists, the emphasis has been on going after their sources, but often using the journalist to identify them. No fewer that eight individuals have been charged under the Espionage Act since Obama became president, compared with three during Bush’s two terms. While 2012 was in part the year of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, 2013 will be remember for the National Security Agency computer specialist Edward Snowden, who exposed the mass surveillance methods developed by the US intelligence agencies.

We seem to be losing on this basic freedom. I believe a website must exist for fighting this and if anyone knows, I would like to have the link. Not a nutcase site but one that is doing serious work on the problem... thanks...

The U.S. Just Finished 46th in a Press Freedom Contest

This may give the right wingers on the forum a boost, but I think this is important, and we all need to be aware of it.. A true slap in the face of every person who calls this nation home..

I can not get the link to register or copy or wh**ever... The articale can be found on Trov.com and its origin is at the top of the page..


... the heritage of the 1776 constitution was shaken to its foundations during George W. Bush’s two terms as president by the way journalists were harassed and even imprisoned for refusing to reveal their sources or surrender their files to federal judicial officials. There has been little improvement in practice under Barack Obama. Rather than pursuing journalists, the emphasis has been on going after their sources, but often using the journalist to identify them. No fewer that eight individuals have been charged under the Espionage Act since Obama became president, compared with three during Bush’s two terms. While 2012 was in part the year of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, 2013 will be remember for the National Security Agency computer specialist Edward Snowden, who exposed the mass surveillance methods developed by the US intelligence agencies.

We seem to be losing on this basic freedom. I believe a website must exist for fighting this and if anyone knows, I would like to have the link. Not a nutcase site but one that is doing serious work on the problem... thanks...