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The 2005 press freedom ranking
The 2005
press freedom ranking compiled
by the "Reporters
without borders" is out.
There has been a lot of movement in the middle, most notably the decline
of the United States from 22nd to 44th place, while at top and bottom there
is little movement with North Korea firmly claiming the last place. I'm
sure the report will make it into the media (maybe not in the lower quadrant)
and finger pointing, questioning and spinning will take place. The report
is quite interesting proving the claims wrong that press freedom (fostered
by democracy) both needs wealth and a long development time. East Timor
is a shining example, being one of the youngest countries and topping all
its Asian neighbours.
And its nice to see that Singapore has improve its ranking, while it still has to catch up with its immediate neighbours. I have "normalized" the values to the base 100, the result is the graph below.
We should never forget, that freedom is not 10 different types of cereals on your supermarket shelf, but: "Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently." (We had that Lady before)
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
| |
| USA |
17
|
31
|
22
|
44
|
| USA (outside) |
-
|
135
|
108
|
137
|
| Germany |
7
|
8
|
11
|
18
|
| Singapore |
-
|
144
|
147
|
140
|
| Malaysia |
110
|
104
|
122
|
113
|
| Indonesia |
57
|
110
|
117
|
102
|
| Thailand |
65
|
82
|
59
|
107
|
| Myanmar |
137
|
164
|
165
|
163
|
| East Timor |
-
|
30
|
57
|
58
|
| Guinea |
117
|
139
|
133
|
133 |
And its nice to see that Singapore has improve its ranking, while it still has to catch up with its immediate neighbours. I have "normalized" the values to the base 100, the result is the graph below.
We should never forget, that freedom is not 10 different types of cereals on your supermarket shelf, but: "Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently." (We had that Lady before)
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Posted by Ben Langhinrichs At 07:22:17 On 10/28/2005 | - Website - |