US Freedom of Press Improves under Obama (Press Freedom Index '09)

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Tuesday October 20, 2009 · 12:53 PM PDT

2009/10/20 · 12:53

According to this year's Press Freedom Index, put out by Reporters Without Borders, the US has returned to the top 20 countries in the world (tied with Luxembourg and the UK) when it comes to freedom of the press.

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Tuesday June 02, 2009 · 10:26 AM PDT

2009/06/02 · 10:26

I've been following this Tiller story mainly on this website. However, I just visited drudgeretort.com (not drudgereport.com), and saw these two stories on top of each other: "Abortion Doctor Killed", and "Military Recruiter Killed".

A quick read of the latter immediately mentions the suspect in the killing of the military recruiter has a Muslim name, there appeared to be political and religious motives behind the slaying, and he could be facing 15 counts of terrorism.

The other article about Dr. Tiller's death mentions anti-abortion (rather than anti-choice), indicates it seems the suspect acted alone, and will most likely only be charged with murder and two counts of aggravated battery (for threatening to shoot two others in the church who attempted to apprehend him before he left the building). There is no mention that Tiller's murderer may have had political or religious motives for the killing. Interesting, since abortion and military recruiting are both political issues, but abortion strikes me as more of a religious issue than military recruiting (others might feel differently, but this is how I see it).

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US Freedom of Press Improves under Obama (Press Freedom Index '09)

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