United States ranks 48th in freedom of the press

The United States was ranked 48th in press freedom by Reporters Without Borders 2007 index. Countries with greater freedoms include Estonia, Boznia, Ghana, and Taiwan.

From the announcement:

There were slightly fewer press freedom violations in the United States (48th) and blogger Josh Wolf was freed after 224 days in prison. But the detention of Al-Jazeera's Sudanese cameraman, Sami Al-Haj, since 13 June 2002 at the military base of Guantanamo and the murder of Chauncey Bailey in Oakland in August mean the United States is still unable to join the lead group. [From Reporters sans frontières - Annual Worldwide Press Freedom Index - 2007]

Here's a link to the index itself, and its methodology.