Press Freedom Index: U.S. remains in 20th place

Reporters Without Borders, the journalism watchdog group, released its Press Freedom Index for 2010, tracking media freedom across 178 countries. The report measures the violations of press freedom in the world, taking into account murders, imprisonment, physical attacks and threats as well as censorship, confiscation, searches and harassment. The United States remained in the same position as it occupied last year: No. 20 on the list, behind most of the Northern European countries, New Zealand, Japan and Estonia. Although Europe does have 13 countries in the top 20, 14 countries in the E.U. rated much lower in the rankings. Read more at voices.washingtonpost.com