Quote:
Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2006
Top 10
1 Finland
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Netherlands
5 Czech Republic
6 Estonia
- Norway
8 Slovakia
- Switzerland
10 Hungary
Bottom 10.
158 Uzbekistan
159 Nepal
160 Ethiopia
161 Saudi Arabia
162 Iran
163 China
164 Burma
165 Cuba
166 Eritrea
167 Turkmenistan
168 North Korea
Others of note.
UK 28th.
New zealand (Cos i live there)21st.
USA 56th.
well at least the land of the free and the home of the 1st amendment
Quote:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
is doing better than Uruguay (57) Congo (73) and Liberia (84). But they are not doing as well as Croatia (54) Mozambique (47) or even Lithuania at (27).
Interestingly, to some of us anyway, the USA was 17th in 2002, when the study was first compiled. Wonder what happened since then to stuff up the free speech so badly? I really can't begin to imagine.....