The United States has fallen to 47th in press freedom rankings “In
part because of the crackdown on journalists as well as activists in the Occupy
movement.”
“The attitude towards people covering
the Occupy movement was filled with contempt in the same way that the attitude
towards occupiers was driven by contempt,” Danny Schechter, editor of
Mediachannel.org, told Press TV's U.S. Desk on Saturday.
The crackdown “has become a national story because the same pattern
seems to have taken place in many places.”
The annual report by Reporters Without Borders was released on
Wednesday, showing the United States fell 27 points on the Press Freedom
index.
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