So, the U.S. is just as dangerous for journalists as war-torn nations like Mexico, Syria, and Afghanistan, says the free-press advocacy group Reporters Without Borders.
Likely taking a political approach to the annual report rather than being an objective source and neutral observer, the organization believes the U.S. is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists.
Because six people died – four because of a shooting and two because of a storm – America is as dangerous as countries that murder journalists because of news stories or that are full of violence and bloodshed that reporters could get killed doing their jobs.
From the report:
“The United States joined the ranks of the world’s deadliest countries for the media this year, with a total of six journalists killed. Four journalists were among the five employees of the Capital Gazette, a local newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, who .were killed on 28 June when a man walked in and opened fire with a shotgun. He had been harassing the newspaper for six years on Twitter about a 2011 article that named him. It was the deadliest attack on a media outlet in the US in modern history. Two other journalists, a local TV anchor and cameraman, were killed by a falling tree while covering Subtropical Storm Alberto’s extreme weather in North Carolina in May.”
This is obviously a dig at President Donald Trump, void of any facts and reality.
Sad!
Americans used to believe in freedom.