The US was ranked due to the following considerations.
1. Ramped up efforts to track down whistleblowers and sources of leaks.
2. Ongoing surveillance of reporters in federal agencies.
3. Government bringing charges against freelance digital journalist Barrett Brown, who now faces 105 years in prison for sharing a link to stolen classified data.
4. New Your Times reporter James Risen is also facing jail time for refusing to incriminate a CIA whistleblower.
Originally posted by KazetNagorra That's an interesting comment coming from someone who mainly consumes the sort of media product that is unavailable in Finland.
Is this the best retort for basically saying that Obama and company are nothing but a fascist regime?
Originally posted by KazetNagorra This sort of hysterical dramaqueening is generally not a part of the media landscape in the countries high on the list.
How else would you describe a decrease more than double what the US was ranked before Obama came to power?