Reporters Without Borders

by Michael Cook on October 25, 2006
News

Obviously the greatest headline news being avoided this week by the major US media is the free press rating list of the “Reporters Without Borders” based in Paris, France, since the US has consistently fallen from its initial top 10% rankingof 17th when the list started down to 53rd this year.

I did LOTS of search integration this morning and came up with the following compilation from numerous sources, who obviously dealt with tie scores in different ways, then, if you want to skip my own compilation, I finally found the entire listing, but without explanator notes as to the scoring, which is included.

Paris-based Reporters Without Borders.

The US continues to fall from its initial 17th place, edge of top 10%, to 53rd, edge of top 1/3, due to the practice of jailing reporters for political reasons– Joshua Wolf, who refused to yield a videotape of some political protestors to a grand jury, not to mention, of course, the whole Valerie Plame thing about a fake weapons of mass destruction report concerning Iraq in which a reporter spent her next half year in jail.

Inaddition, Sudanese cameraman Sami al-Haj who works for Al-Jazeera has been held in Guantanamo since June of 2002 without being charged and an Associated Press photographer named Bilal Hussein is being held in the Iraq jails by the US since April.

National Security” and “The War On Terrorism” trumps freedom of the press according to many reports.

Denmark dropped from tied for 1st to 19th because the Mohammed cartoons were given a very bad time and some police protection was required for the journalists.

 

  1. Finland
  2. Iceland
  3. Ireland
  4. Netherlands
  5. Czech Republic
  6. Estonia
  7. Norway
  8. Slovakia
  9. Switzerland.
10. Tie:
10. Hungary
10. Latvia
10. Portugal
10. Slovenia
15. Top 15 all reported to be north European
16. Bolivia big move
16. Austria
16. Canada
19. Bosnia Herzegovina
19. Denmark was tied for 1st
19. New Zealand
19. Trinidad & Tobago
23. Benin
26. Namibia
27. United Kingdom
28.
29.
30.
31. South Korea
32. Greece
32. Mauritius
34. Ghana was 66
35. France was 30 lost 24 places since 1st list
35. Australia
35. Bulgaria
35. Mali
39. Panama was 76
40. Italy

43. Taiwan
44. South Africa
45. Macedonia
45. Cape Verda
45. Mozambique
45. Serbia & Montenegro
48.

51. Japan was 37
52.
53. United States was 44 in 2005, 17 in 2002, the 1st list
53. Botswana
53. Croatia
53. Tonga
57.
58. Hong Kong was 39 in 2005 and 18 in 2002 on the 1st list
58. Fiji
58. Poland
58. Romania or 61, depending
62.
66. Togo was 95
66. Madagascar was 97
73. Kuwait
75. Brazil
76. Argentina
77. Mauritania was 138 in 2004
78. Senegal
79. United Arab Emirates, perhaps 77, or a tie as listed twice
80. Qatar

85. Moldova
89. Georgia
95. Niger
95. Seychelles was 72 down due to tough election
98. Ivory Coast/Cote d'Ivoire was 139
103. Indonesia
105. India
106. Ukraine
107. Lebanon was 56 1st survey
109. Jordan
112. Camaroon
125. Burundi was 90
126. Algeria
135. Israel
137. Equatorial Guinea
140. Zimbabwe
141. Sri Lanka was 51st in 2002
142. Philippines
142. Congo
144. Somalia
146. Singapore
147. Russia
149. Gambia
149. Yemen down 4
151. Belarus
154. Iraq
157. Palastinian Authority
Worst on the list were:
159. Nepal  listed twice this way
160. Ethiopia was 131

155. Turkmenistan
156. Eritrea
157. Cuba
158. Burma
159. China
160. Iran
161. Saudi Arabia
or another reversed those near N. Korea
155. Saudi Arabia
156. Iran
157. China
158. Burma
159. Cuba
160. Eritrea   166 on one report
161, Turkmenistan 167
162. North Korea [last]
161. Saudi Arabia
163, China
164. Burma
165. Cuba
166. Eritrea
167. Turkmenistan
168. North Korea

Ah. . .after all my searches I finally keyed in large numbers of the countries listed above and got ONE last big hit!

 

     1            Finland                   0,50
     -            Iceland                   0,50
     -            Ireland                   0,50
     -            Netherlands               0,50
     5            Czech Republic            0,75
     6            Estonia                   2,00
     -            Norway                    2,00
     8            Slovakia                  2,50
     -            Switzerland               2,50
     10           Hungary                   3,00
     -            Latvia                    3,00
     -            Portugal                  3,00
     -            Slovenia                  3,00
     14           Belgium                   4,00
     -            Sweden                    4,00
     16           Austria                   4,50
     -            Bolivia                   4,50
     -            Canada                    4,50
     19           Bosnia and Herzegovina    5,00
     -            Denmark                   5,00
     -            New Zealand               5,00
     -            Trinidad and Tobago       5,00
     23           Benin                     5,50
     -            Germany                   5,50
     -            Jamaica                   5,50
     26           Namibia                   6,00
     27           Lithuania                 6,50
     -            United Kingdom            6,50
     29           Costa Rica                6,67
     30           Cyprus                    7,50
     31           South Korea               7,75
     32           Greece                    8,00
     -            Mauritius                 8,00
     34           Ghana                     8,50
     35           Australia                 9,00
     -            Bulgaria                  9,00
     -            France                    9,00
     -            Mali                      9,00
     39           Panama                    9,50
     40           Italy                     9,90
     41           El Salvador              10,00
     -            Spain                    10,00
     43           Taiwan                   10,50
     44           South Africa             11,25
     45           Cape Verde               11,50
     -            Macedonia                11,50
     -            Mozambique               11,50
     -            Serbia and Montenegro    11,50
     49           Chile                    11,63
     50           Israel                   12,00
     51           Japan                    12,50
     52           Dominican Republic       12,75
     53           Botswana                 13,00
     -            Croatia                  13,00
     -            Tonga                    13,00
     -            United States of America 13,00
     57           Uruguay                  13,75
     58           Fiji                     14,00
     -            Hong-Kong                14,00
     -            Poland                   14,00
     -            Romania                  14,00
     62           Central African Republic 14,50
     -            Cyprus (North)           14,50
     -            Guinea-Bissau            14,50
     -            Honduras                 14,50
     66           Madagascar               15,00
     -            Togo                     15,00
     68           Ecuador                  15,25
     69           Nicaragua                15,50
     70           Burkina Faso             16,00
     -            Kosovo                   16,00
     -            Lesotho                  16,00
     73           Congo                    17,00
     -            Kuwait                   17,00
     75           Brazil                   17,17
     76           Argentina                17,30
     77           Mauritania               17,50
     -            Senegal                  17,50
     -            United Arab Emirates     17,50
     80           Albania                  18,00
     -            Qatar                    18,00
     82           Paraguay                 18,25
     83           Timor-Leste              18,50
     84           Liberia                  19,00
     85           Moldova                  19,17
     86           Mongolia                 19,25
     87           Haiti                    19,50
     88           Tanzania                 19,82
     89           Georgia                  21,00
     90           Guatemala                21,25
     91           Angola                   21,50
     92           Malaysia                 22,25
     93           Comoros                  22,50
     -            Zambia                   22,50
     95           Niger                    24,50
     -            Seychelles               24,50
     97           Morocco                  24,83
     98           Bhutan                   25,00
     -            Côd'Ivoire            25,00
     -            Turkey                   25,00
     101          Armenia                  25,50
     -            Malawi                   25,50
     103          Indonesia                26,00
     -            Sierra Leone             26,00
     105          India                    26,50
     -            Ukraine                  26,50
     107          Lebanon                  27,00
     108          Cambodia                 27,25
     109          Guinea                   27,50
     -            Jordan                   27,50
     111          Bahrein                  28,00
     112          Cameroon                 28,25
     -            Peru                     28,25
     114          Gabon                    28,50
     115          Venezuela                29,00
     116          Uganda                   29,83
     117          Tajikistan               30,00
     118          Kenya                    30,25
     119          USA Territories          31,50
     120          Nigeria                  32,23
     121          Djibouti                 33,00
     122          Thailand                 33,50
     123          Kyrgyzstan               34,00
     124          Chad                     35,50
     125          Burundi                  39,83
     126          Algeria                  40,00
     127          Swaziland                40,50
     128          Kazakhstan               41,00
     -            Rwanda                   41,00
     130          Afghanistan              44,25
     131          Colombia                 44,75
     132          Mexico                   45,83
     133          Egypt                    46,25
     134          Palestinian Authority    46,75
     135          Azerbaijan               47,00
     -            Israel (Territorial)     47,00
     137          Bangladesh               48,00
     -            Equatorial Guinea        48,00
     139          Sudan                    48,13
     140          Zimbabwe                 50,00
     141          Sri Lanka                50,75
     142          Democratic Republic Congo51,00
     -            Philippines              51,00
     144          Maldives                 51,25
     -            Somalia                  51,25
     146          Singapore                51,50
     147          Russia                   52,50
     148          Tunisia                  53,75
     149          Gambia                   54,00
     -            Yemen                    54,00
     151          Belarus                  57,00
     152          Libya                    62,50
     153          Syria                    63,00
     154          Iraq                     66,83
     155          Vietnam                  67,25
     156          Laos                     67,50
     157          Pakistan                 70,33
     158          Uzbekistan               71,00
     159          Nepal                    73,50
     160          Ethiopia                 75,00
     161          Saudi Arabia             76,00
     162          Iran                     90,88
     163          China                    94,00
     164          Burma                    94,75
     165          Cuba                     95,00
     166          Eritrea                  97,50
     167          Turkmenistan             98,50
     168          North Korea             109,00
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