Press Freedom: More of it in Chinese Hong Kong than USA

db: Reporters Without Borders has issued the 2005 Press Freedom Index. Hong Kong, at 39th in the list, now ranks 5 positions higher than the USA at 44th [stop that giggling at the back].

Lets hear it for Slovakia

Slovakia on the other hand has put in place robust and credible press freedoms since its days of Soviet domination and now ranks higher than any other former communist European country at 8th place - and that is 16 places higher than the UK which came in at 24th, which isn't isn't all that bad for a secretive Kingdom ruled by a cabal of war criminals, liars, and neocons.