Press Freedom Index

When taken as a whole, this demonstrates a model. Western governments finance media outlets via middlemen like RSF and CFI, then sponsor content and "capacity building" for journalists whose work supports a specific interpretation of the conflict, typically one in which the targeted government is an inhumane authoritarian and Western-backed opposition forces are democrats.

Pakistani journalist Asad Ali Toor was stopped at Islamabad airport from travelling to the US for a State Department programme, apparently at the behest of ISI.

"I was amazed at our number. I thought we had the most uncontrollable press, and somebody is getting something fundamentally wrong," S Jaishankar said

Reporters Without Border (RSF) used old reports and faulty data to target India in Press Freedom Index

Reporters without Borders (RSF) published its annual 'Press Freedom' rankings for the year 2021-2022, in which India has been ranked 150th out of 180 countries

There's more than what meets the eye