Originally posted by Nilsen
Israel is ranked in 47th place when it comes to freedom of the press.. Not that bad, and sertainly better than your neigbours. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reporters_Without_Borders
USA outranked by Jamaica, but the rankings should be weighted by likelihood of something noteable happening.
"Da PM be smokin a fast one, mon"
is not big news like a worldwide network of secret torture prisons, neither is a scandal like
"PM won't take the whole, asserts authority & take the half regardless"