Reporters Without Borders: The state of media freedom during Trump’s era is extremely serious

Reporters Without Borders based in Paris, who pursued the freedom of the press over the past five years, said the main indicator of reporters in the world has reached its lowest level.

The annual review of media freedom by the institute shows: “For the first time in the history of this index, the conditions for journalism in half of the world are weak and in less than a quarter of the countries are satisfactory.”

Ann Bohannd, director of reporters Without Borders, emphasized the role of economic pressure in weakening reality -based reports, saying many independent media had to shut down due to financial problems.

Reporters Without Borders also emphasized how Trump has worsened by eliminating US financial support from government broadcasters such as Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, as well as US foreign development assistance that helped overseas media.

The United States dropped to 5 in the World Press List in year 2, after the fall of 2 steps in year 2.

According to the index based on the number of violent accidents for journalists and other data collected by experts, it was found that Norway topped the ninth consecutive year and Estonia and Netherlands became the second and third.

“In the United States, Donald Trump’s second presidency has led to a worrying deterioration of press freedom, indicating authoritarian change in government,” the agency said. His government has turned institutions into weapons, reduced support for independent media, and marginalized reporters. “

Meanwhile, the Journalists’ Conservation Committee, a media supervisor, warned on Wednesday that the freedom of the press in the United States was declining and called on the News to form a united front against the “wave of threats”.

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