Reportrar utan gränser håller inte med om Freedom House’ ljusa bild av det gångna året i sin 2003 Round-up. Tvärtom:
”2003 was a black year for press freedom. Forty-two journalists were killed, mostly in Asia and in the Middle East, because of the war in Iraq. Every other indicator was also up: arrests of journalists, physical attacks, threats and censorship all increased alarmingly.”