Press freedom in Greece suffered severe setbacks between 2021 and 2023, including with a wiretapping scandal that revealed the National Intelligence Service (EYP) was spying on several journalists. Furthermore, SLAPPs (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) are commonplace, and, even more troubling, the murder of veteran crime reporter Giorgos Karaïvaz in 2021 has not yet been solved.
Media landscape
The population’s trust in the media has been one of the lowest in Europe for many years. A few large private groups like Alter Ego Media coexist alongside hundreds of online media outlets, which contributes to a high fragmentation of the media landscape. Similarly, a few entrepreneurs run an overwhelming majority of media outlets, while being involved in other highly regulated business sectors. Some of them have close ties to the country’s political elite. As a result, the press is very polarised.
Political context
The government spokesman is responsible for overseeing the public media, putting the latter’s editorial independence at risk. The broadcast regulator, National Council for Radio and Television (NCRTV), accused of being slow and inefficient, has not been significantly overhauled by the current government or the previous one. Overseen by the prime minister, the National Intelligence Service (EYP) was involved in the surveillance of journalists, many of whom were targeted by the Predator spyware.
Legal framework
Despite constitutional guarantees, press freedom has been challenged on the legislative level. New legislation passed by parliament, meant to provide citizens with better protection against arbitrary surveillance, in response to the “Predatorgate” wiretapping scandal, fall short of European standards. A new media bill established a controversial ethics committee. However, earlier amendments to the criminal code that allowed for a disproportionate restriction of press freedom on dubious legal grounds were eventually repealed.
Economic context
The financial crisis of the last decade, combined with declining readership and advertising budgets, has called into question the long-term survival of many media outlets. The impact of the new legislation aimed at increasing transparency of media ownership and funding remains to be seen.
Sociocultural context
Extreme left and extreme right activists regularly attack the premises of the media they consider as ideological enemies. In addition, female journalists are frequently faced with sexism in the workplace.
Safety
The police regularly resort to violence and arbitrary bans to hamper journalistic coverage of demonstrations and the refugee crisis on the islands. Police filed criminal charges against a prominent photojournalist arrested while covering a police operation in Athens. Another journalist who was a victim of unjustified police violence, only won his case in court after 12 years. Despite arrests made in April 2023, the murder of veteran crime reporter Giorgos Karaïvaz, who was gunned down outside his Athens home in broad daylight in 2021, is yet to be resolved. However, concrete solutions are expected from a working group on the protection of journalists.
Anonymous Founder έγραψε:Κανείς δεν λέει πως είναι καλύτερη απαραίτητα η ελευθερία τύπου στην Μπουρκίνα Φάσο
The population’s trust in the media has been one of the lowest in Europe for many years.
EDDIE_147 έγραψε:
Ο κόσμος σιχάθηκε τα πετσωμένα και τα ψέματα τους.
Οπότε ότι και να λέει ο Πορδοσάλτε και ο κάθε Πορδοσάλτε είναι αδιάφορο (βάσει ρηπορτ).
, αγγίζουν το 60% των ψηφοφόρων της ΝΔούλας....
This is the second World Press Freedom Index to have been compiled according to a new methodology devised in 2021 by a panel of experts from the academic and media world.
The methodology is based on a definition of press freedom as “the ability of journalists as individuals and collectives to select, produce, and disseminate news in the public interest independent of political, economic, legal, and social interference and in the absence of threats to their physical and mental safety”.
It uses five new indicators that shape the Index and provide a vision of press freedom in all its complexity: political context, legal framework, economic context, sociocultural context and safety.
In the 180 countries and territories ranked by RSF, these indicators are evaluated on the basis of a quantitative tally of abuses against journalists and media outlets, and a qualitative analysis based on the responses of hundreds of press freedom experts selected by RSF (including journalists, academics and human rights defenders) to more than 100 questions.
Because of the change in methodology, care should be taken when comparing pre- and post-2021 rankings and scores.
Red Garland έγραψε:Έχεις τρελαθεί στα flames κατά τα άλλα ζητάς ψυχραιμία από τους υπόλοιπους.
Πού το βρήκαμε αυτό το φρούτο;
In the 180 countries and territories ranked by RSF
EDDIE_147 έγραψε:Red Garland έγραψε:Έχεις τρελαθεί στα flames κατά τα άλλα ζητάς ψυχραιμία από τους υπόλοιπους.
Πού το βρήκαμε αυτό το φρούτο;
Flames;
Εννοείς το χαρακτηρισμό "φρουτο";
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