Press freedom
Here's a contention from Al Arabia news service that your students can critique.Arabs have more press freedom than Israel: group
"Despite being hailed models of democracy countries like the United States and Israel rank lower than most Arab countries in terms of press freedom, a media report said Wednesday.
"In the post 9/11 world of fear-mongering and insecurity the world's top democracies are slowly but surely doing away with press freedoms, Reporters Without Borders' (RSF) press freedom index of 2008 said...
"The Paris-based group ranked the U.S. at 119 outside its own territory while Israel, whose armed forces killed a Palestinian journalist this year, was 149th on the list for press freedoms beyond its frontiers.
The annual report listed 173 countries with the highest ranked Middle Eastern country as Kuwait at 61 followed by Lebanon at 66 and the United Arab Emirates at 69...
See the RSF ranking and explanations..
Iceland, Luxembourg, and Norway are tied for #1. The UK is tied for the 23rd spot. Nigeria comes in at 131 and Mexico at 140. Russia is at 141; Iran at 166; China at 167.
Labels: comparative methodology, globalization
posted by Ken Wedding @ 5:52 AM
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