According to Reporters Without Borders, America dropped 13 spots on the World Press Freedom Index 2014, designed to rank 180 countries in terms of the freedoms journalists enjoy and the regulations placed on them by government authorities.At Jihad Watch, Robert Spencer makes the following observation:
The Index, published Feb. 11, shows that America now ranks number 46, below countries like South Africa and France. The Index has been published annually since 2002, but the 2014 ranking for America marks one of the most significant declines ever reported....
Mr. Spencer then refers to Allen Drury's 1973 novel Come Nineveh, Come Tyre. Mr. Spencer pointed out:
[In Come Nineveh, Come Tyre] The media adores President Jason, cheerleads for him energetically, defames and denigrates his foes relentlessly, and does everything it can to make him look good, right up until the point when a few of them realize that the freedom of speech is gone...President Jason of Come Nineveh, Come Tyre is given to fantasy-based policymaking.
If you have read that book — or even if you haven't — please read the entire post at Jihad Watch.
Yes, some of us are pushing back. Especially here in the blogosphere. But the mainstream media clang on, and it seems to me that most voters do get most of their "news" from the mainstream media.
How much effect is our pushing back really having?
Are we living in America anymore? Or are we living in a caricature of America?
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