Italy in January-September
2016 had the highest number of incidents of threats against
journalists and media outfits in the EU, a study by the European
Union Agency for Fundamental Rights showed Thursday.
Based on numbers from the Mapping Media Freedom project, the
EU agency said there were 92 cases of threats or undue pressure
on journalists in Italy this year through September, up from 82
in 2015 and 58 in 2014.
This was compared to 55 cases in France, 29 in Poland, and 28
in Hungary. The Czech Republic, Denmark, and Slovakia had zero
cases.
The study included a Reporters Without Borders index of press
freedom around the world released in April, in which Italy was
second to last in Europe, after Greece.
According to a Eurobarometer survey out today, 57% of
Europeans believe their national media labors under undue
political or business pressures, and just 53% thinks their
national media are trustworthy.
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