Annual Worldwide Press Freedom Index - 2005

Reporters without Borders has rerleased it's Press Freedom Index for 2005 , and America is slipping down toward the bottom with all those other Dictatorial regimes, many of whom it now claims as pals ( Pakistan, Suadi Arabia, Vietnam, China,Libya..etc).

The report ranked the United States in 44th place, an atomic drop from a favorable position of 22nd held last year, and from a handsome 17th place in 2002.

Shit...it shows El Salvador and Bosnia as ranking higher in press freedom than the US !
The "Dane" countries still come in on top for their unbounded freedom of press ( Denmark, Finland,Iceland,Netherlands, Ireland, Norway, etc).

Note to Maddog : Taiwan at 52 ?...well at least yall beat out Botswana..harhar

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