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Philippine press freedom ranking slides down on 3rd year
MANILA – The Philippines’ ranking dropped once again at the 2021 World Press Freedom Index compiled by international media organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines echoed the findings of RSF saying, “[We are] not at all surprised that the country consistently slid down lower in the World Press Freedom Index for the past three years,” said the national directorate in a statement.
The index evaluates the press freedom situation in 180 countries and territories annually, and takes into account “people’s access to information and the obstacles to news coverage.”
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Taiwan retains No. 43 global ranking in 2021 press freedom index
04/20/2021 09:09 PM
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Taipei, April 20 (CNA) Taiwan retained its ranking of No. 43 in the 2021 World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Tuesday and was lauded as one of the press freedom models in the Asia-Pacific region.
Together with New Zealand (No. 8), Australia (No. 25) and South Korea (No. 42), the France-based global press freedom watchdog said Taiwan is a model because it allows its journalists to do their jobs and inform the public without any attempts by the authorities to impose their own narratives.
In its introduction page on Taiwan, RSF said that political interference in Taiwan is rare and less tolerated, but it also said local journalists suffer from a very polarized media environment dominated by sensationalism and the pursuit of profit.