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There is no free press in Spain. Period.

• fasteo 10y ago
  I am a Spaniard living in Spain and this is a quite amazing statement. Do you mind elaborating a bit ?
  • klaasn 10y ago
    Most major newspapers are actually insolvent and are kept afloat by the political establishment. Editors of major newspapers are often replaced when they do are too critical of the government. When a couple of months ago there was a critical article on the new York times the writer was rapidly dismissed just to prove the point. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/11/12/world/europe/spanish-writer-says-el-pais-column-canceled-after-comments-on-media.html http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/11/12/world/europe/spanish-wr...
• fauria 10y ago
  Yes, there is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_Freedom_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_Freedom_Index