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Maine State Senate Debates LD 1428, "An Act to Protect Religious Freedom" (Conclusion) – Video

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2/18/14: Maine State Senate floor speech on LD 1428, "An Act to Protect Religious Freedom". Bill was voted ONTP (ought not to pass), 19-16, and now goes to H...

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AC4: Black Flag – DLC – Freedom Cry – PART 13 "Slave Ship Battles" / 100% Completionist – Video

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Press freedom is going down

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In the latest ranking, Burundi (142), Ethiopia (143), Cambodia (144), Myanmar (145) and Bangladesh (146) have all topped us.

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For all the talk about Malaysia becoming a First World democracy, press freedom in Malaysia is still being tightly-controlled.

Therefore it was unsurprising that our Press Freedom Index (PFI) rating has dropped two rungs from 145 previously to 147 currently out of 180 countries as shown from the information released by Reporters Without Borders for this year.

This is certainly deplorable for a country that aspires to be a First World nation, especially when we have been touted as a model democracy by Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak.

The placing of 147 out of 180 countries is more than three quarters down the list as 135 is the three quarter mark.

What is worse is that our ranking is even below that of Burundi (142), Ethiopia (143), Cambodia (144), Myanmar (145) and Bangladesh (146).

Certainly with this type of ranking, we cannot claim to be a model democracy and to continue claiming so would be shameful and embarrassing.

However this drop in ranking is only to be expected due to the drama involving the weekly The Heat last year.

It has to be noted that the best result was shown in the year 2006 with the ranking of 92 which was achieved under the premiership of Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

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United States' press freedom ranking drops sharply, report says

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Published February 18, 2014

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FILE: May 14, 2013: Associated Press reporters and editors work in the House Press Gallery, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC.AP

An increased focus on cracking down on whistleblowers has significantly dropped the United States press freedom ranking in the world, a new report says.

Reporters Without Borders annual Freedom Index report ranked the United States 46th in the world regarding freedom of information, a drop of 13 spots from 2012. The report cited the trial and conviction of Private Bradley Manning, the pursuit of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden and the Justice Departments seizure of Associated Press phone records in an effort to find the source of a CIA leak, among other cases.

A federal shield law to help journalists protect sources is an urgent need in the United States, said the report, which also blasted the United Kingdom for its detention of the partner of Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who first broke Snowdens bombshell NSA revelations.

Both the U.S. and U.K. authorities seem obsessed with hunting down whistleblowers instead of adopting legislation to rein in abusive surveillance practices that negate privacy, a democratic value cherished in both countries, the report said.

David Cuillier, the president of the Society of Professional Journalists, told FoxNews.com on Monday he agreed with the reports findings and believes the journalism climate in the United States continues to get worse. Part of the problem, he said, is a public that, to a large extent, no longer trusts journalists and believes it's acceptable for the government to intimidate reporters, hide information and threaten journalists with jail time for doing their jobs.

If the people didnt like that, then the government wouldnt do it, Cuillier said. (The government) will do as much as they can get away with. If the public lets them do it, or cheers them on, then theyll do everything they can to control their message.

Finland, the Netherlands and Norway topped the list, while Eritrea, North Korea and Turkmenistan were considered the most hostile nations in the world for press freedom.

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