This information may be of interest in this connection. I found a list of what freedoms various countries grant the press. This is from October, 2007. Four contries are right on top of the list as granting the press greatest freedom. I will list a few other nations here:
1 Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands
16 Canada
19 Denmark
27 United Kingdom
35 Australia
51 Japan
53 USA
119 USA - extra territorial
168 North Korea - bottom of the list.
Found in the Free Encyclopedia on the net.