US Edition'Alarming deterioration' of US press freedom under Donald Trump, says RSF
- Reporters Without Borders reported on May 3, 2025, that U.S. Press freedom ranked 57th globally, marking an alarming decline under Donald Trump.
- This decline followed economic pressures undermining journalism and Trump's actions, including cutting support for independent and state-backed media.
- RSF noted Trump's administration weaponised institutions, sidelined reporters, and that large parts of the U.S. Had become 'news deserts'.
- Anne Bocande emphasized that when journalists face financial hardship, they lose the ability to oppose those who spread disinformation and undermine the press, underscoring the challenges caused by funding shortages.
- RSF said this deterioration indicates an authoritarian shift in U.S. Governance and urged journalists worldwide to resist rising threats to press freedom.
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'Explicit threats': Alarm soundeed over Trump admin effort to 'bring the press into line'
Press freedom in the United States has fallen to its lowest level since Reporters Without Borders began publishing its annual ranking more than 20 years ago, with President Donald Trump's return to power "greatly exacerbating the situation," RSF said Friday. The U.S. fell from 55th to 57th place on RSF's World Press Freedom Index, marking the second straight year that the situation in the country which lists freedom of the press first in its Bil…
Reporters without Borders have been ranking press freedom for over 20 years, and the world situation is deteriorating — and this year for the first time is being assessed as "complex" Russia has fallen into nine positions and as close as possible to the e
Reporters Without Borders International has published an annual press freedom rating since 2002, and experts estimate that in 2025 the world's overall situation fell to a "complex" level for the first time in that period: the average for all countries was 54.7 points out of 100 possibilities.
Journalist group downgrades US press freedom ranking, cites Trump spending cuts to public media
Reporters Without Borders released a report Friday accusing the Trump administration of negatively impacting press freedom in the U.S. and lowered the country's ranking on the issue. "In the United States (57), Donald Trump’s second term as president has led to an alarming deterioration in press freedom, indicative of an authoritarian shift in government," the report begins, opening a sweeping critique of President Donald Trump's actions against…
What is the state of global press freedom in 2025?
Around the world, journalists are being silenced, jailed, and disappeared – simply for doing their jobs. From Guatemala to the USA, Russia to Pakistan, governments are increasingly resorting to authoritarian practices, weaponizing vague laws, judicial systems, and brute force to suppress press freedom. These attacks on the press are not isolated incidents; they are often […]
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