Mayberry Machiavelli
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Tue Feb-22-05 07:28 PM
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Which country has the best and most independent press? |
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I don't know if it was ever the U.S., but it certainly couldn't be now...
I'm talking about major broadcast and print outlets and their online elements.
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Tue Feb-22-05 07:34 PM
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Is this a trick question?
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Mayberry Machiavelli
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Tue Feb-22-05 07:35 PM
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2. No, just an honest question that I don't know the answer to. |
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Maybe DUers living in other countries can shed light on this.
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Tue Feb-22-05 07:39 PM
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3. To be completely honest with you, US news is so amazingly bad |
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that I can't even compare foreign news sources. They all seem like perfection when compared to US corporate media. Britain, France, Germany... the media outlets throughout "old Europe" seem great to me.
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Tue Feb-22-05 07:43 PM
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4. That is actually a very good question. I would venture to guess: |
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maybe Costa Rica, Holland, Germany and France.....?? but actually I have no evidence for my guesstimations...
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Tue Feb-22-05 07:43 PM
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Tue Feb-22-05 07:44 PM
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6. Well, I'd say UK, but there's admitted bias there... |
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...since I have more access to British news simply by virtue of sharing a language. But honestly, they do put out some of the most challenging, truth-centered journalism that I've seen (as well as some of the cheapest celebrity-worshipping trash, but that comes with the territory of free press, doesn't it?)
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Tue Feb-22-05 07:57 PM
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7. There was a list published about a month ago. |
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I don't remember who published it, and I'm on dial up, so I don't want to search for it.
Out of approx. 85 countries listed, the U.S. may have come out around 16th or 17th. We weren't at the bottom, but we certainly weren't at the top.
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Tue Feb-22-05 08:01 PM
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8. Table of Global Press Freedom Survey. |
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Edited on Tue Feb-22-05 08:02 PM by NYC
http://www.freedomhouse.org/research/pressurvey.htmLook under tables and charts. It's PDF file. It's not the list I saw a month ago, but it's similar.
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Tue Feb-22-05 08:03 PM
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9. Denmark, Iceland, Sweden tied for #1 nt |
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Tue Feb-22-05 08:05 PM
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10. I think I would have to say Denmark, along with Sweden and Norway. |
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Edited on Tue Feb-22-05 08:07 PM by latteromden
I would think that the other two technically Scandinavian countries, Finland and Iceland, would be up there, too. They're good with freedom up there.
Edit: According to that list, I guess I'm right? :P 5 out of the top 6 are Scandinavian. Oh, I'm so proud.
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Tue Feb-22-05 08:06 PM
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thanks for asking it! And thanks for the answers posted too.
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Tue Feb-22-05 08:08 PM
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12. Reporters Without Borders has a 2004 survey too |
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Tied for first: Denmark Finland Iceland Ireland Netherlands Norway Slovakia Switzerland http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=11712
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