The index cited “judicial harassment” of New York Times reporter
James Risen, the arbitrary arrest of at least 15 journalists during the
Ferguson, Missouri clashes, and the fact that U.S. journalists are
still not legally entitled to protect sources who reveal confidential
information about their work.
James Risen, the arbitrary arrest of at least 15 journalists during the
Ferguson, Missouri clashes, and the fact that U.S. journalists are
still not legally entitled to protect sources who reveal confidential
information about their work.
The U.S.’s slip in press freedom rankings mirrors its seven-place drop in Freedom House’s Global Press Freedom Index from
2013-2014, though the country still ranks among the 14 percent of
countries whose press is classified as “free” in the latter scale.
2013-2014, though the country still ranks among the 14 percent of
countries whose press is classified as “free” in the latter scale.
Reality may be even
worse than the rankings suggest. Legal protections for the press have
only eroded since the 2006 trough year when the Bush Administration
threatened to prosecute Risen for publishing stories chronicling
warrantless wiretapping of citizens’ phone calls.
Since the Obama worse than the rankings suggest. Legal protections for the press have
only eroded since the 2006 trough year when the Bush Administration
threatened to prosecute Risen for publishing stories chronicling
warrantless wiretapping of citizens’ phone calls.
Administration took power, it has used the Espionage Act to prosecute
data leakers a record seven times—more than every other president
combined in the law’s nearly 100-year history
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