A new global survey released Tuesday gauging freedom of the press and government openness found the U.S. plummeting to 46th in the world, falling behind Romania. The U.S. plunged 13 slots, from 32nd to 46th in the 2014 World Press Freedom Index, which draws data from 180 countries on various press freedom issues, such as the independence of the media from government strictures and oversight and governmental abuses.
The press freedom advocacy group Reporters Without Borders, who creates the index, cites the Obama administration’s handling of the Edward Snowden situation, NSA leaks, the Bradley Manning case, and the Justice Department’s probes of the Associated Press among the high-profile causes for the precipitous decline in confidence in the administration’s stance on press freedoms and transparency.
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