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Offline EC

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Via Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/09/us-corruption-transparency-media-idUSBRE96805320130709

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(Reuters) - A majority of people worldwide believes corruption has worsened in the last two years and they see governments as less effective at fighting it since the 2008 financial crisis, a survey by Transparency International organization showed on Tuesday.

The "Global Corruption Barometer" is the biggest ever conducted by the Berlin-based watchdog, with 114,000 people responding in 107 countries in the survey of opinions on corruption and which institutions are considered most corrupt.

The survey found that on a worldwide basis political parties are considered to be the most corrupt institution, scoring 3.8 on a scale of 5 where 1 means "not at all corrupt" and 5 means "extremely corrupt."

Only 23 percent of those surveyed believed their government's efforts to fight corruption were effective, down from 32 percent in 2008.

"Politicians themselves have much to do to regain trust," Transparency International said in a release. "(The Barometer) shows a crisis of trust in politics and real concern about the capacity of those institutions responsible for bringing criminals to justice."

The second most corrupt institution on a global scale is the police with a score of 3.7. Three categories of institutions - public officials/civil servants, parliament/legislature and judiciary - followed with equal scores of 3.6.

"It is the actors that are supposed to be running countries and upholding the rule of law that are seen as the most corrupt, judged to be abusing their positions of power and acting in their own interests rather than for the citizens they are there to represent and serve," Transparency International wrote.

The media did not fare as badly, coming in at the ninth place out of twelve with a score of 3.1, but it was seen as the most corrupt in Australia and Britain. Some 69 percent said it was the most corrupt institution in Britain, up from 39 percent three years ago.

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Interesting that both the UK and Australia see their media as most corrupt. Wonder if it is mere coincidence that the media in both countries is completely dominated by a certain Rupert Murdoch .....
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Actually in the US the least corrupt of all our MSM media is FOX News, the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal..all owned by Murdoch.
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Actually in the US the least corrupt of all our MSM media is FOX News, the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal..all owned by Murdoch.

Would that be similar to a "least untruthful answer" to Congress?   :shrug:


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