Did they wait for the world press freedom index to get published before doing this to artificially inflate their position on this year's list (it's published on

Did they wait for the world press freedom index to get published before doing this to artificially inflate their position on this year's list (it's published on world press freedom day, may 3rd annually) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Index