Rwanda: Reporters Without Borders Pulls a Scam Again

7 November 2007
opinion

The ladies and gentlemen of the "media watchdog" Reporters Without Borders (RSF) are at it again. This time they have gone and ranked Rwanda 147 out of 169 countries on its media freedoms index.

Now, a placing of 147 out of 169 would suggest to a foreigner that journalists in Rwanda are being thrown in jail; that they are being cornered and harassed and their newspaper offices are being bombed or something.

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