What thread is this coming from? I'm sure that you are talking about the U.S., but I can't see what the point is. Canada is rated as top tier for their treatment of journalists, but if you say the wrong thing as a private citizen you could be tried for crimes against humanity in some sort of modern inquisition. The rankings that I quoted put the US Freedom level on the same level as most of the West.

Who said this thing that you are incredibly vaguely alluding to?
Ah an explanation is in order
Well someone suggested that their country was head and shoulders above the rest of the world when it came to things like freedom democracy and censorship .
When challenged about the ludicrous claim they were quite adamant that they were right and everyone else was wrong .
The mods suggested starting a new topic to avoid further derailing the america ain't gonna be white topic so here it is .
The pretty wide variety of studies readily and easily available show that the country is by no means above the others and is often a head below them in those categories .