[lit-ideas] We're #53!
- From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Lit-Ideas" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 11:59:17 -0800
The US now ranks 53rd in press freedom, partly due to suspicion of journalists who question
"war on terrorism."
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1027/dailyUpdate.html?s=mesdu
The United States (53rd) has fallen nine places since last year, after being in 17th
position in the first year of the Index, in 2002. Relations between the media and the Bush
administration sharply deteriorated after the president used the pretext of "national
security" to regard as suspicious any journalist who questioned his "war on terrorism." The
zeal of federal courts which, unlike those in 33 US states, refuse to recognize the media's
right not to reveal its sources, even threatens journalists whose investigations have no
connection at all with terrorism.
- Freelance journalist and blogger Josh Wolf was imprisoned when he refused to hand over his
video archives.
- Sudanese cameraman Sami al-Haj, who works for the pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera, has
been held without trial since June 2002 at the US military base at Guantanamo
- Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein has been held by US authorities in Iraq since
April this year.
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
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