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Global press freedom at lowest level in 25 years, Reporters Without Borders report shows

In its latest report, RSF has warned that press freedom is at a 25-year low, with over half the world in “difficult” or “very serious” status and few “good” countries.

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00:00Press freedom has fallen to its lowest level in a quarter of a century,
00:05reporters without borders warned on Thursday.
00:08The index shows that press freedom is in decline in 100 of the 180 countries and territories it evaluates.
00:16In addition, only seven countries in Northern Europe, led by Norway,
00:20have a press freedom situation that is considered good.
00:22If we measure in terms of color in the world's class, you can see that at the beginning of the
00:30world's class in 2002,
00:3120% of the world's population lived in countries where the situation was considered good or rather good.
00:40Today, it's only 1%.
00:41The report also highlights the decline of press freedom in the United States,
00:46which it says is caused by systematic attacks on journalists under the Trump administration.
00:50...inquiétante.
00:52La parole politique sous Donald Trump contre les journalistes est complètement débridée.
00:57Vous avez des injures à répétition contre les reporters.
01:02Vous avez une délégitimation du travail des journalistes.
01:05Vous avez aussi eu un définancement délibéré des médias publics,
01:09que ce soit les médias publics nationaux ou internationaux américains.
01:13Bref, tout ça dresse un paysage qui est particulièrement sombre
01:16et qui explique que les États-Unis sont dévissés de 7 places dans le classement mondial de la liberté de
01:21la presse.
01:22RSF states that while EU member states retain their leading positions in the index,
01:26partly thanks to the recent European Media Freedom Act,
01:29some EU countries remain in breach of the legislation.
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