When people have had freedom for some time, they don't value
You are correct.
I am amazed at where the U.S. is on the list. This is a country where there is so much media, it is nuts. CNN seems to think they are entitled to know everything. They get all bent out of shape when someone (usually a high ranking govt. official) refuses to call them back when they demand it. People have a right to know a lot. We have a right to know we are not neing lied to (Freedom Of Information Act).
Yet, there is some sensitive information that should not be shared. When Prince Harry went to Afghanistan for his first tour of duty, the press was outraged that it was kept secret. Would they rather have splashed it all over the front pages and made Harry a bigger target? CNN and other reporters were "embedded " with troops in Afghanistan. They were alowed this privilege based on an understanding that some information had to be kept secret. None of the reporters refused to go or complained about their freedom being limited. They knew that information was sensitive and, if the wrong info got out, U.S. troops might die as a result.
There are some things that are important to know now - and some we shouldn't know until later. If this is deemed to be limiting the freedom of the press, too bad.
