Ok, let's not talk semantics then. Let's talk essence. If these metrics portray this country as a "good enough" place for journalism, then these metrics are of

Ok, let's not talk semantics then. Let's talk essence. If these metrics portray this country as a "good enough" place for journalism, then these metrics are of no value, because the reality is: mainstream journalism is broken to the point of causing harm to the citizens. Soft bribe, hard bribe, little corruption, much corruption... Does it matter? Not to me, the end result is bad. I don't care if journalists willingly play the government's game or not. Maybe I'm not the intended audience for this report > Are there more examples you left out? Because freedom does not preclude the susceptibility to bribery. Yes there are multiple reports of police preventing indepedent journalists from covering hot controversial topics. There are reports of that on the site itself