Cenk Uygur
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Press Freedom Ranking - Last Year We Were 32nd, Now It's Far Worse
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February 15, 2014
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3:53Now Playing"The United States plunged 14 places in the annual Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders on Wednesday. The group said it was "one of the most significant declines" in press freedom it had tracked during 2013.
The US in now ranked 46th on the RWB list, in between Romania and Haiti. It was ranked 32nd in the 2013 index. (Finland tops the entire list.)
The press freedom group was blunt in its explanation. It cited increased efforts to track down whistleblowers and the sources of leaks, mentioning Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden in particular. It also condemned the Justice Department's surveillance of reporters, and the continued leak battle facing New York Times journalist James Risen."* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
*Read more here from Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
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