{"id":127306,"date":"2025-05-02T05:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T05:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/reporters-without-borders-alert-on-a-worrying-degradation-of-press-freedom-in-the-united-states-since-donald-trumps-return-to-the-white-house\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T05:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T05:50:09","slug":"reporters-without-borders-alert-on-a-worrying-degradation-of-press-freedom-in-the-united-states-since-donald-trumps-return-to-the-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/reporters-without-borders-alert-on-a-worrying-degradation-of-press-freedom-in-the-united-states-since-donald-trumps-return-to-the-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Reporters Without Borders Alert on a &#8220;worrying degradation of press freedom in the United States&#8221; since Donald Trump&#8217;s return to the White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article__media\"> <picture class=\"article__media\"><source srcset=\" https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/02\/0\/0\/5141\/3492\/556\/0\/75\/0\/ae3cace_ftp-import-images-1-d2psczgxplj4-5774951-01-06.jpg 556w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/02\/0\/0\/5141\/3492\/600\/0\/75\/0\/ae3cace_ftp-import-images-1-d2psczgxplj4-5774951-01-06.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/02\/0\/0\/5141\/3492\/664\/0\/75\/0\/ae3cace_ftp-import-images-1-d2psczgxplj4-5774951-01-06.jpg 664w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/02\/0\/0\/5141\/3492\/700\/0\/75\/0\/ae3cace_ftp-import-images-1-d2psczgxplj4-5774951-01-06.jpg 700w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/02\/0\/0\/5141\/3492\/800\/0\/75\/0\/ae3cace_ftp-import-images-1-d2psczgxplj4-5774951-01-06.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 556px, 100vw\" alt=\"Un manifestant brandit un drapeau am\u00e9ricain \u00e0 l\u2019envers, signe de d\u00e9tresse, en protestation contre Donald Trump, pr\u00e8s de l\u2019h\u00f4tel de ville de San Francisco, le 1\u1d49\u02b3\u00a0mai\u00a02025.\" width=\"664\" height=\"443\"><\/source><\/picture> <noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/02\/0\/0\/5141\/3492\/664\/0\/75\/0\/ae3cace_ftp-import-images-1-d2psczgxplj4-5774951-01-06.jpg\" alt=\"A demonstrator brandished an American flag upside down, a sign of distress, in protest against Donald Trump, near the town hall of San Francisco, on May 1, 2025.\"\/> <\/noscript><figcaption class=\"article__legend\" aria-hidden=\"true\">A demonstrator brandished an American flag upside down, a sign of distress, in protest against Donald Trump, near the town hall of San Francisco, on May 1, 2025.  <span class=\"article__credit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Justin Sullivan \/ AFP<\/span>  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">The return to power of Donald Trump resulted in a <em>&#8220;Disturbing degradation of press freedom in the United States&#8221;<\/em>notes the NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF), <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/rsf.org\/en\/index\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Nouvelle fen\u00eatre\">in its annual classification by country<\/a> Posted on Friday May 2. The United States lost two places there, being in 57<sup>e <\/sup>Position on 180, behind Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \"><em>&#8220;The situation was not already shiny <\/em>[dans le pays]<em> \u00bb\u00bb<\/em>which had been downgraded by ten places in 2024, conceded to the Agency France-Presse the editorial director of RSF, Anne Bocand\u00e9. But it has grown further since the inauguration, in January, of the American president, author of<em>&#8220;Daily attacks&#8221;<\/em> against the press.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \"><em>&#8220;His administration has politicized institutions, reduces support for independent media and marginalized journalists&#8221;<\/em>subject to a <em>&#8220;Growing hostility&#8221;<\/em>while the <em>&#8220;Confidence in the media collapses&#8221;<\/em>summarizes the NGO.<\/p>\n<section class=\"catcher catcher--favoris\">\n<div class=\"catcher__content\"><span class=\"catcher__title catcher__title--hide\">Read also |<\/span><span class=\"catcher__desc\">  <span class=\"icon__premium\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Article reserved for our subscribers<\/span><\/span>    In the United States, &#8220;we naively believe that our rights will not be raped&#8221; <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <button class=\"lmd-btn-icon lmd-btn-icon--primary lmd-btn-icon--m js-lmd-dropdown-favorite-toggler\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-controls=\"lmd-dropdown-favorite\" aria-label=\"Lire plus tard\" data-article-id=\"3416019\" data-position=\"lire aussi\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/international\/article\/2025\/05\/01\/aux-etats-unis-nous-croyons-naivement-que-nos-droits-ne-seront-pas-violes_6602117_3210.html\" data-status=\"\"> <span class=\"icon__favorites\"\/> <span class=\"js-btn-icon-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">Donald Trump also undertook the dismantling of American public media abroad, like Voice of America, depriving <em>&#8220;More than 400 million people&#8221;<\/em> of a <em>&#8220;Access to reliable information&#8221;<\/em>according to RSF. On Thursday, the American president signed a decree eliminating federal funds allocated to the public media NPR and PBS, accused in particular of <em>&#8220;Distribute WOKE propaganda&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \"><em>&#8220;The freezing of international aid funds&#8221;<\/em> of the American development agency USAID also has <em>&#8220;Plunged hundreds of media in critical economic instability&#8221;<\/em> and forced some <em>&#8220;When closed, especially in Ukraine&#8221;<\/em> (62<sup>e<\/sup>&#8211; 1 place).<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \"><em>&#8220;Press freedom is no longer an achievement in the United States&#8221;<\/em>also noted, earlier this week, the Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ), in a report in the first hundred days of Donald Trump&#8217;s second term.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__sub-title\">Norway always at the top of the ranking<\/h2>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">In the rest of the world, Norway retains first place for the ninth year in a row in the RSF ranking, Eritrea remaining in the last position, just behind North Korea and China.<\/p>\n<section class=\"catcher catcher--favoris\">\n<div class=\"catcher__content\"><span class=\"catcher__title catcher__title--hide\">Read also |<\/span><span class=\"catcher__desc\">  <span class=\"icon__premium\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Article reserved for our subscribers<\/span><\/span>    One hundred days of Donald Trump: in diplomacy, a fellitic president caught up in reality <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <button class=\"lmd-btn-icon lmd-btn-icon--primary lmd-btn-icon--m js-lmd-dropdown-favorite-toggler\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-controls=\"lmd-dropdown-favorite\" aria-label=\"Lire plus tard\" data-article-id=\"3419589\" data-position=\"lire aussi\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/international\/article\/2025\/05\/01\/cent-jours-de-donald-trump-en-diplomatie-un-velleitaire-rattrape-par-la-realite_6602057_3210.html\" data-status=\"\"> <span class=\"icon__favorites\"\/> <span class=\"js-btn-icon-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">France (25<sup>e<\/sup>), where a <em>&#8220;Significant part of the national press is controlled by some great fortunes&#8221;<\/em>underlines RSF, loses four places.<\/p>\n<section class=\"inread  js-services-inread\">\n<p> <span class=\"sr-only\">The memorable world<\/span>  <\/p>\n<p>Test your general culture with the writing of the &#8220;world&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Test your general culture with the writing of the &#8220;world&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Discover<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">The most important drops are observed for example in Guinea (103<sup>e<\/sup>&#8211; 25), theater of a <em>&#8220;Terrible restriction&#8221;<\/em> press freedom according to Anne Bocand\u00e9, and, like last year, in Argentina (87<sup>e<\/sup>&#8211; 21), directed by the ultra -liberal president Javier Milei.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">The situation is also <em>&#8220;Disastrous&#8221;<\/em> In Palestine (163<sup>e<\/sup>&#8211; 6), according to RSF, which accuses the Israeli army of having <em>&#8220;Destroyed editors and killed nearly 200 journalists&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">RSF realizes this ranking from<em>&#8220;A quantitative statement of the atrocities committed to journalists&#8221;<\/em> And <em>&#8220;A qualitative study&#8221;<\/em> with experts.<\/p>\n<section class=\"catcher catcher--favoris\">\n<div class=\"catcher__content\"><span class=\"catcher__title catcher__title--hide\">Read also |<\/span><span class=\"catcher__desc\">  <span class=\"icon__premium\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Article reserved for our subscribers<\/span><\/span>    A hundred days of Donald Trump in the White House: twenty-five moments that marked his return to power <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <button class=\"lmd-btn-icon lmd-btn-icon--primary lmd-btn-icon--m js-lmd-dropdown-favorite-toggler\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-controls=\"lmd-dropdown-favorite\" aria-label=\"Lire plus tard\" data-article-id=\"3419222\" data-position=\"lire aussi\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/international\/article\/2025\/04\/30\/cent-jours-de-donald-trump-a-la-maison-blanche-vingt-cinq-moments-qui-ont-marque-son-retour-au-pouvoir_6602006_3210.html\" data-status=\"\"> <span class=\"icon__favorites\"\/> <span class=\"js-btn-icon-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"author\">\n<p class=\"author__detail\">  <span class=\"author__name\">The world with AFP<\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article__reactions\">                      Reuse this content   <\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\">Tm-En-1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A demonstrator brandished an American flag upside down, a sign of distress, in protest against Donald Trump, near the town hall of San Francisco, on May 1, 2025. 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