How are we doing on the 1st Amendment?

Not so good, I'm afraid.  'Course, you knew that.

For 2008, Reporters Without Borders ranked the United States as the 36th in the world.  36 isn't scraping the bottom of the barrel but it seems low for a country that likes to go on and on about free speech being one of our greatest rights.

What do the top 20 on the list have in common?  "What they have in common is a parliamentary democratic system, and not being involved in any war."

Countries that are involved in war have to restrict press and push propaganda. 

In addition to not having those things in common, we find ourselves in a position where 6 companies pretty much own all of the corporate media outlets.  6 companies decide what Americans are allowed to hear.  Not good.

Thank god for the Internets.

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