Manipur, July 14 -- Washington, DC based Freedom House in 2019 published a report titled "Freedom and the Media 2019 - Media Freedom: A Downward Spiral". The key findings of the report based on extensive research say that media freedom has been deteriorating around the world over the past decade. The report says that in some of the most influential democracies in the world, populist leaders have overseen concerted attempts to throttle the independence of the media sector. While the threats to global media freedom are real and concerning in their own right, their impact on the state of democracy is what makes them truly dangerous, says the report. However, on an optimistic note, the report also notes that press freedom can rebound from eve...