Top and bottom media freedom countries

[rpm]

Top and bottom countries in Reporters Without Borders' Press Freedom Index 2009, released Tuesday.

Top 10

- 1. Denmark, ranked 15th in 2008, shared first place with four
other countries.
- 1. Finland
- 1. Ireland
- 1. Norway
- 1. Sweden
- 6. Estonia
- 7. Netherlands
- 7. Switzerland
- 9. Iceland
- 10. Lithuania
- 20. United States

Bottom 10

- 166. Vietnam
- 167. Yemen
- 168. China
- 169. Laos
- 170. Cuba
- 171. Burma
- 172. Iran
- 173. Turkmenistan
- 174. North Korea
- 175. Eritrea.

 

[wrathex]

No UK, No Germany, no France, no Russia
The big boys have secrets.
/head bobbing up and down

 

[RetroBok]

Top 10 predominantly Caucasian/Christian etc
Bottom 10 predominantly Non Caucasian Muslim/Socialist/Marxist

No surprise really...

 

[R13...]

Yeah, Russia especially should be near the bottom of the list, guess competition must have been tough at the bottom as even our northern neighbours don't make the bottom 10.

 

[d0b33]

Top 10 predominantly Caucasian/Christian etc

No surprise really...

Correction, Scandinavians are predominately non religious at all really, Christianity is not native to Europe it was forced.

 

[battletoad]

Top 10 predominantly Caucasian/Christian etc

No surprise really...

Yeah no surprise really since caucasians/jews own world media

 

[zippy]

Yeah no surprise really since caucasians/jews own world media

and dont you forget it !

 

[RetroBok]

Correction, Scandinavians are predominately non religious at all really, Christianity is not native to Europe it was forced.

I am aware of that yes, however what I actually wanted to say was....
Top 10 are predominantly white westernised countries and the bottom 10 aren't.

And if you read the sentence correctly... Those countries listed are either white or christian or both...

Yeah no surprise really since caucasians/jews own world media

And pray tell could you tell me why non caucasian, non Jewish, Christian people don't own the media? Very loaded question huh?

 

[d0b33]

The US is 20th.. so much for freedom of speech, constitution flushed down the toilet.
Edit: an improvement over last years bottom 30.

 

[Alan]

Bottom 10

- 166. Vietnam
- 167. Yemen
- 168. China
- 169. Laos
- 170. Cuba
- 171. Burma
- 172. Iran
- 173. Turkmenistan
- 174. North Korea
- 175. Eritrea.

What a surprise. All can count on the loony left for their defence in the recent past :erm:

 

[manesan]

What a surprise. All can count on the loony left for their defence in the recent past :erm:

This article had nothing to do with left or right politics. Im pretty sure the left also supports many countries on the top of the list as well.

 

[w1z4rd]

Its pretty amazing how well the countries with the Scandinavian welfare model are doing in that list.

 

[w1z4rd]

Top 10 predominantly Caucasian/Christian etc
Bottom 10 predominantly Non Caucasian Muslim/Socialist/Marxist

No surprise really...

No.. Sweden is the most atheist country in the world.. Norway and Denmark are close behind them.

The general rule of thumb (and I mean general), the more religious it is, the worse it is.

 

[Alan]

This article had nothing to do with left or right politics. Im pretty sure the left also supports many countries on the top of the list as well.

Yet I don't see those crazy rightwingers coming to the defence of any of those countries.....

 

[w1z4rd]

Someone better tell Alan that the top countries are mostly left of center... Sweden, Finland, Norway.. Denmark *cough*

Denmark, with a free market capitalist economy and a large welfare state,[4]

etc etc etc
Perfect mixture of socialism and capitalism so far.
Sweden - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_welfare
Finland - http://journals.cambridge.org/production/action/cjoGetFulltext?fulltextid=262340
Denmark - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Denmark
Norway - http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ijDfNDugKN5zn4tHOn-Uu0L5_-tg
Ireland - http://www.mellenpress.com/mellenpress.cfm?bookid=6341&pc=9

Theyre.. *cough* all left leaning welfare states.

You see what happens in a decent left leaning welfare state Alan? The ones at the bottom are all examples of totalitarian regimes... left or right.

 

[RetroBok]

Yeah no surprise really since caucasians/jews own world media

Come on dude, you put it out there.... I asked a question... can you not answer it? BTW I'm not religious, the point of my post was that predominantly white run countries seem to experience more freedom of the press than other racial groups...

Your rebuttal was that it was because the media is white owned (which funnily enough proves my point in some weird way) or Jewish, why do you say that? Is it because non jews and non white people have been oppressed so much that they cannot own media outlets? (Bear in mind here the Jews were oppressed to at some stage).

 

[Alan]

Someone better tell Alan that the top countries are mostly left of center... Sweden, Finland, Norway.. Denmark *cough*


etc etc etc
Perfect mixture of socialism and capitalism so far.
Sweden - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_welfare
Finland - http://journals.cambridge.org/production/action/cjoGetFulltext?fulltextid=262340
Denmark - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Denmark
Norway - http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ijDfNDugKN5zn4tHOn-Uu0L5_-tg
Ireland - http://www.mellenpress.com/mellenpress.cfm?bookid=6341&pc=9

Theyre.. *cough* all left leaning welfare states.

You see what happens in a decent left leaning welfare state Alan? The ones at the bottom are all examples of totalitarian regimes... left or right.

What happened to you ignoring me

As for your welfare states. They all have small populations, protected by an outlining of large democratic states, isolationist and have little or no diversity.

 

[w1z4rd]

Occasionally I click on "view post" ure only a C class

It doesnt matter, they are left of center welfare states... and they are the most free ones. Technically the most democratic (by this study). They have very diverse political views as well Alan. There are right wing and left wing there as well, just there.. the left are stronger at the moment than the right. Thank God.

 

[Alan]

There are right wing and left wing there as well, just there.. the left are stronger at the moment than the right. Thank God.

God???. With a capital G nogal

But yeah thank God they are small insignificant states with no influence on the world at large

... and they are the most free ones.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/20/2

 

[w1z4rd]

God???. With a capital G nogal

But yeah thank God they are small insignificant states with no influence on the world at large

I guess they leave the exploitation of other nations to those more right of left.

That Swedish law sucks... shows you what happens when you relax your guard for a moment. Theyre certainly not perfect but apparently a lot better than others.