It takes a lot of work to ignore reality so thoroughly.
America seems to have done a good job indoctrinating the belief though, starting at a very young age.
Even press freedom, is arguably relatively poor: https://rsf.org/en/ranking
Objectively, US is 45th on the list, below Lithuania, Czech Republic, Trinidad, Jamaica and Namibia.
Not even top 20% in terms of press freedom! But if you ask most people, they would say US is #1 (or at least top 10) in the world.
I think we can dismiss this one, sorry.
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American free press is getting to choose which reporter presents that script to you
The UK arrests reporters for reporting. This isn't just about libel (also much more problematic in the UK) or revealing sources. It's about plain old honest reporting of factual events that occur out in public. A reporter reports on people heading into a courthouse, and he gets sent to prison for 13 months. The court then orders that nobody can report on the reporter's arrest either. If not for non-UK web sites ignoring the order, it would be a secret arrest.
It's a long standing govt right in the UK.
In which case, I'll fill in what you conveniently left out:-
* Tommy Robinson was arrested for contempt of court
* Tommy Robinson is still under a suspended sentence for a previous conviction of contempt of court
* The publication ban is because the judge is concerned that by continuing to report on the trial Tommy Robinson was apparently 'reporting' on (quotes mine), there's a risk of prejudicing it
* Tommy Robinson is not a reporter or a journalist - if he was, he'd be aware of the reasons why courts are not best pleased about someone filming the people coming and going
In short - man does thing, is convicted of doing a thing, is given a suspended sentence and told not to do the thing again, and is somehow surprised that the legal system takes a dim view of it. A more cynical person may say that Robinson has his own reasons for doing what he's doing that are particular to the people involved in the trial, but I'll leave that as an exercise for people to figure out with a Google search.
Here in the USA, our supreme court decided that the Westboro Baptist Church could protest by going uninvited to military funerals and holding signs that say "GOD HATES FAGS". That, plus dragging American flags on the ground, ensures that they won't get support from either side of the political spectrum in the USA. They still have their right to free speech. A "right" isn't a "right" if it is conditional on being inoffensive.
If I want to know what our military or TLAs are doing, I don't consult an American source. This isn't a conspiracy; it is simply the case that American media conglomerates have decided they make more money catering to the shallow. It's not a problem for thoughtful news consumers: there are lots of other places for news. Perhaps I am naive, but I don't think our courts are so far gone that they're going to let anyone shut out TI, AJ, RT, various independent journalists, etc. Even if the courts did go along with such an effort, it seems doomed to fail.
That isn't to say that journalists have nothing to complain about. Telling the truth isn't the way to succeed in this field, at this time.
Two clicks.