Reporters Without Borders

2021 World Press Freedom Index

The United States moved up one spot in the 2021 World Press Freedom Index, from 45^th to 44^th. That’s 45^th out of 180. What an achievement!

Taking up the bottom spot is Eritrea and coming in at 179^th is the former guy’s good friend, North Korea.

The top six spots go to perennial leaders of press freedom Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Costa Rica and Netherlands.

The United States for years has remained in such company as Romania at 48^th, Tonga at 46^th and Taiwan at 43^rd.

It is remarkable by any measure that a country that advertises itself as the leader of the free world, and the model of democracy, to be languishing in such dangerous territory.

It’s old but it’s true: A Free Press means a Free Nation.