An "Amnesty International" supporters guide to press freedom.
The analogy is of a headmasters office. Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden are always polite, never in trouble and are to be made prefects. Today a list of press freedoms was published, and, surprisingly, Scandinavia was in first place. The rest of Europe? Ireland had high marks but I fail to see why, there is endemic corruption, unexplained
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'Tis the soviet era, and an American journalist is visiting Moscow. He chides his soviet colleagues that if he wishes, he can call the US President every name under the sun in his paper - and not face any personal difficulties later.
"Comrade, you are wrong!" reply his soviet counterparts. "We too can write rude articles about the American President, and not face any harassment".
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