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May, 02 2025 10:06 AM

6m ago11.00 BSTMedia rights group RSF warned Friday about “an alarming deterioration in press freedom” in the United States under Trump.Paris-based Reporters Without Borders, which has been tracking press freedom for the last 23 years, highlighted how Trump had made difficult conditions worse by axing US financial support for state-backed broadcasters such as Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), as well as US foreign development aid that assisted media outlets overseas.After a fall of 11 places in 2024, the United States declined another two to 57th place on the 2025 World Press Freedom Index, one behind formerly war-torn Sierra Leone in west Africa.The index, calculated according to the number of violent incidents involving journalists and other data compiled by experts, was topped by oil-rich Norway for the ninth year in a row. Estonia and the Netherlands were second and third.“In the United States, Donald Trump’s second term as president has led to an alarming deterioration in press freedom, indicative of an authoritarian shift in government,” RSF said.“His administration has weaponised institutions, cut support for independent media, and sidelined reporters.”Large parts of the United States were now “news deserts,” RSF said.Trump announced Wednesday that he was considering legal action against The New York Times, in his latest attack on a media outlet.He is also suing media group Paramount over a pre-election interview last year of his Democratic rival Kamala Harris on its CBS channel.Trump alleges it was edited to remove an embarrassing response, although many legal analysts view the case as baseless and likely to be dismissed or fail due to constitutional protections for freedom of the press.Share

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