new terror laws give police the power to jail journalists just for conducting research. ranks hundred forty six in the global index. b. the west african nation the gambia has made the most progress when you miss dictatorship ended in two thousand and sixteen the country rose twenty one places to rank hundred twenty two in the press freedom and the media has been flourishing and a more open environment where criticism is no longer forbidden. well i m joined now by paul farhi he replied very clear that reporters without borders considers a main source of this increasing hostility to be the words in the messages coming out of the mouth of the u.s. president how culpable of you guys do a lot of the of the attacks there at the washington post how culpable is the u.s. president when you look at this latest index entirely is the
ended in two thousand and sixteen the country rose twenty one places to rank hundred twenty two in the press freedom and the media has been flourishing and a more open environment where criticism is no longer forbidden. well i m joined now by paul farhi reports on the media for the washington post he joins me from washington d.c. paul it s good to see you again when you read this report. it is very clear that reporters without borders considers a main source of this increasing hostility to be the words in the messages coming out of the mouth of the u.s. president how culpable of you guys do a lot of the of the attacks there at the washington post how culpable is the u.s. president when you look at this latest deaths entirely is the answer it sets a tone when the president had state who is by far the most covered individual in