[BlueLancer]

"The U.S. now ranks 17th, below Costa Rica and Slovenia, on the worldwide index of press freedom established by the Reporters Without Borders."

Now, there's an unbiased group to make the judgment.
(sarcasm ... off)

In other words, unless your reporting is done in such a manner that no one can tell within which border you're writing your articles or expounding on your radio program, it's slanted and unfair.

Piffle. Molly would only look good with an apple in her mouth, surrounded by potatoes, on top of coals in a hole in the ground. Her inate intelligence is about on par with that level of organism as well.

[gridlock]

Reporters Without Borders Go over to their web page.

The standard pap about press freedom, etc.

One interesting note, the head of their New York Office is Tala Dowlatshahi, who works for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

Do you want the UN informing you on press freedom?

Amazing that it took me five minutes to turn this up on Google, but Molly Ivins couldn't be bothered.