United States Ranks 41st on 2016 World Press Freedom Index

Reports Without Borders' new report shows a global decline in press freedom.

Bernie Sanders‘ preference for the socialist stylings of the Nordic countries may be a running laugh line/point of contention for some of his detractors, but in the case of press freedom, most of the Nordic countries, headed by Finland, top Reporters Without Borders’ 2016 index for press freedom.

The list as a whole, and state of global press freedom, in general, is trending in the wrong direction, toward a “deep and disturbing decline in respect for media freedom at both the global and regional levels.”

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