After Occupy Journalist Arrests, US Plummets in Global Press Freedom Rankings

Common Dreams ..

Reporters Without Borders has released its annual World Press Freedom Index and the United States fell 27 points to No. 47 on the list. Why? “more than 25 [reporters] were subjected to arrests and beatings at the hands of police” during Occupy movement protests

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