How do you rate the freedom of press in your country on a scale of 1 to 10? (1 = does not exist / 10 = free)? I would rate the freedom of press in Germany with an 8 to 9. As has already been mentioned in another bloggpost, we have a constitution that guarantees freedom of the press. Since my assessment is a momentary view, I come to a more critical assessment based on current events. In Dresden, for example, a camera team that was on the road on behalf of ZDF was detained by the police for about three-quarters of an … Continue reading Media issues: Germany