Should
Americans change the ending of our national anthem to land of the not-so-free
and the home of the federal thugs? Maybe
we should after the 2015 World Press Freedom Index ranked the U.S. 49th
in freedom of information. Zero Hedge
reported the following:
But as Liberty
Blitzkrieg's Mike Krieger notes, the
bastion of press freedom in the land of the free, fell once again... to 49th!!
In the United States, 2014 was marked by
judicial harassment of New York Times investigative reporter James Risen in
connection with the trial of Jeffrey Sterling, a former CIA officer charged
under the Espionage Act with giving him classified information. US journalists
are still not protected by a federal shield law that would guarantee their
right not to name their sources or reveal other confidential information about
their work. Meanwhile, at least 15 journalists were arbitrarily arrested during
clashes between police and demonstrators protesting against black teenager Michael
Brown’s fatal shooting by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.
– From Reporters
Without Borders’ 2015 World Press Freedom Index
They should
also include the federal government’s reluctance to provide Lois Lerner’s
emails, full disclosure on Benghazi and the Fast and Furious scandal; along
with a myriad of other harassments and abuses of power perpetuated by the Obama
administration.
Hell,
I’m surprised we aren’t ranked lower.
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