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New report indicates that global press freedom has reached an all-time low

New report indicates that global press freedom has reached an all-time low

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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has reported a significant decline in global press freedom, with the conditions for practicing journalism being poor in half of the world's countries. This marks the lowest-ever level in the 23-year history of RSF's main index. Economic pressures have been cited as a major factor in the decline, with many independent outlets forced to close due to funding difficulties. Europe remains the safest place for journalists, but Germany has fallen out of the top 10.

Anja Osterhaus
Reporters Without Borders
1. Public institutions — states — often use their own advertisement budgets to influence the news outlets, so they restrict their own advertising to positive coverage of [their] policies. This is very dangerous because it's an interference into the independence of the media.
Reporters Without Borders
1. In the United States, Donald Trump's second term as president has led to an alarming deterioration in press freedom, indicative of an authoritarian shift in government.
2. For the first time in the history of the index, the conditions for practising journalism are poor in half of the world's countries and satisfactory in fewer than one in four.
3. In Gaza, the Israeli army has destroyed newsrooms, killed nearly 200 journalists and imposed a total blockade on the strip for over 18 months.
Anne Bocande
Reporters Without Borders
1. When journalists are impoverished, they no longer have the means to resist the enemies of the press – those who champion disinformation and propaganda.