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I thought this would be interesting to post, it is a list of countries rankings by how free the media is.

here's the table... to big to post : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldwide_Press_Freedom_Index#Worldwide_Press_Freedom_Index

 



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I cant c what color is UK.



It's the turquoise colour, the second one... The ranking for the UK is 23rd I think.



UK only 23? i thought we'd be higher



SciFiBoy said:
UK only 23? i thought we'd be higher

 

23 is extremely high. It's more of a case of maybe 20 other countries such as Canada and Denmark who have almost no restrictions. 23 is like 99% free



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^oh thats ok then, we still beat the US, lol there only 36



36 is still fairly free, Mexico and Russia surprised me



Interesting list. Wow...U.S. at 36. Go go First Amendment! Too much big money involved in the media I guess.



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akuma587 said:
Interesting list. Wow...U.S. at 36. Go go First Amendment! Too much big money involved in the media I guess.

Without looking at methods, I'd assume we are hurt by things like Judith Miller being sent to jail for failing to reveal a confidential source and things like the McCain-Feingold assault on political speech.  Also, campus speech codes and the like that lead to censorship.  And of course the censorship of scary things like sex.

 



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I bet it's the libel laws that drop the UK down, or, at least, has a lot to do with it.