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by yhoneycomb 1912 days ago
> press freedom index

In other words, an organization with dubious motivations headquartered in Europe rates non-Western countries as low in their subjective measurement.

How surprising to see that all of the Anglosphere got glowing rankings!
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dwaltrip 1912 days ago
I just looked at the rankings and they seem ok at a glance. Can you give a concrete example of how and why they are wrong? Or tell us more specifically why we shouldn’t trust the organization running it? I’m not familiar with them.
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cambalache 1912 days ago
They seemed OK like this chart? https://www.ghsindex.org/

No offense but you are exhibiting the classic case of western arrogance and ignorance. You are in no position to actually assess from 4 random picked countries in the world (Say, Bulgaria, Chile, Israel and Malaysia) who has more "freedom of the press" and by how much). Your unique rule of thumb is that you expect rich,white,western countries on top.

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dwaltrip 1911 days ago
You are reading too much into my comment. I don't actually have that strong of an opinion about the list. I just wanted more substance from a critique, so I could actually take something from it. A shallow dismissal is not very useful.
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yhoneycomb 1912 days ago
Just look - are there any countries there with high rankings that aren't on good terms with Western nations? I don't see any.

The only way you could still think it's an objective ranking is if you REALLY think we're going to all these wars to free people.

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dwaltrip 1912 days ago
Can you simply name a few countries on the list that you think should have a significantly different ranking? If not, then what's the issue?
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cambalache 1912 days ago
No, the onus is on you to demonstrate why there is a statistical significative difference between the countries. It seems you are an expert, could you tell me why Costa Rica is number 7 and T&T number 37? Why does Uruguay do that Chile doesnt which justifies all that difference? What Argentina must learn from Burkina Faso to rise up to that level?

You have 0 idea, guess what? me neither, that's why you know the ranking is bullshit.

I have lived in 4 of the countries mentioned above, they have wildly significant difference in rankings. My subjective take on the freedom of the press in those places?, it is very much the same.

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