U.S. slips way down to 47th place in a press-freedom index because of Occupy report harassment

[Bill Densmore]

Right now, the United States is not one of the nations most supportive of a free press, according to an annual assessment by Reporters Without Borders. It slipped from 20th place to 47th place in the latest rankings:

http://en.rsf.org/press-freedom-index-2011-2012,1043.html

And here are some of the reasons:
http://en.rsf.org/united-states.html
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/25/1058454/-Reporters-Without-Borders:-Targeting-of-Occupy-journalists-drops-US-to-47th-in-press-freedom