Report: Obama brings chilling effect on journalism

[Stagger Lee]

Sounds kind of like what a communist or totalitarian regime would attempt to do.

http://news.msn.com/us/report-obama-brings-chilling-effect-on-journalism

An examination of U.S. press freedoms amid the Obama administration's shows an unprecedented number of prosecutions of government sources and seizures of journalists' records.


WASHINGTON — The U.S. government's aggressive prosecution of leaks and efforts to control information are having a chilling effect on journalists and government whistle-blowers, according to a report released Thursday on U.S. press freedoms under the Obama administration.

The Committee to Protect Journalists conducted its first examination of U.S. press freedoms amid the Obama administration's unprecedented number of prosecutions of government sources and seizures of journalists' records...

 

[Stagger Lee]

But are all or black totalitarian governments efficient?