Tag: Freedom House
Freedom of the Press 2014 | Report | Freedom House On World Press Freedom Day check out Freedom House’s annual evaluation of World Press Freedom. Do you live in a country with free press? According to Freedom House I (and most of us) don’t.
The 10 Worst Countries for Journalists – By Arch Puddington | Foreign Policy Each year at this time, Freedom House issues a report on the state of global media freedom. The overall findings for 2012 were bleak: Just 14 percent of the world’s population lives in societies that enjoy vibrant coverage of public affairs, a legal environment that undergirds a free press, and freedom from intrusion by the government or other political forces.
PRESS FREEDOM INDEX 2011-2012 Look up your country on World Press Freedom Day! Apparently, my country, Hungary, which is labeled as “Partly free” by Freedom House, is ranked 40th. And to my surprise, that is better than the US’s rank (only 47th), but the US is labeled as “Free” by Freedom House! Can somebody explain this to me?* *So, as it turns out, Freedom House mainly focuses on political freedom, while Reporters Without Borders monitors national media as a whole. That must cause a difference, although I am still surprised how the US could do worse than Hungary.
