Claes de Vreese ☑️Feb 16, 2025

As Vance 'lectures' Europe on free speech, it is good to be reminded that the United States ranks 55 (!) on the World Press Freedom Index.

The top 10 countries are ALL in Europe.

#journalism #democracy #freepress

https://rsf.org/en/index

Index

RSF's World Press Freedom Index aims to compare the level of press freedom enjoyed by journalists and media in 180 countries and territories.

Show threadSteve CuthbertFeb 16, 2025
@claesdevreese
Apart from Canada at 14, the top 18 are in Europe
Show threadHorst Albermann 🇪🇺🇩🇪
@stevecut @claesdevreese We accept Canada 🇨🇦 as an honorary member of the club 😉
Feb 16, 2025 at 11:32amIvory for Mac
Show threadFrançois Caron 🇨🇦Feb 16, 2025
@h_albermann @stevecut @claesdevreese Hold off on that. We still have too many news outlets owned by private companies that exploit them for their own interests.
Show threadBee O'Problem Feb 16, 2025

@Milnoc @h_albermann @stevecut @claesdevreese was about to say the same thing

As long as the PostMedia monopoly exists all is not well in the press here