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This is according to a report from the organization Reporters Without Borders.
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This assesses the degree to which the media in 180 countries is free to operate.
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Press freedom was problematic or worse in three quarters of the nations assessed.
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In over half of the world conditions were difficult to very serious.
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The RSF said conditions were good in only seven countries.
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The RSF report highlights growing authoritarian pressure on journalists.
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Authoritarian tendencies are growing and the media market is heavily weakened.
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It says there was a systematic policy of attacks on journalists in the USA.
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Laws designed to combat terrorism separatism and extremism were used.
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Media professionals killed in the past year were victims of war.
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