. >> catlin in many places it's become dangerous, complicated to be a reporter. was 23 a bad year? >> i think it follows on the trends we have seen. the freedom has seen decline in the level of global and freedom more broadly. so i think went 13 definitely followed on, and we saw the continuation of several problematic areas with have seen. very regressive laws against the press, and also this increased crack on online dissent. >> do we have to broaden our definition of what it means to have a free press? yes, definitely, when we have seen declines in press freedom, people may say how is that possible able too produce information over mobile phones. what we have seen is as these channels have increased we have seen a crack down on these forms of communication by governments. and this is happening in very reprezzive settings but also in more open governments as well. definitely negative trends in terms of the backlash. >> we will take a short break, and when we come back, there's a couple of things we have to take a closer look at, is the united states in the right position to be lo

to college and sometimes coming home terriblely brutalized sdmrfrp the dark power of fraternities, catlin flanigan, great to have you on the show? >> thank you. >> the show may be over. the conversation continues on aljazeera.com/considerthis or on our facebook or google plus pages. we wi we will see you next time. >>> this is al jazeera. argentina in doha and in london, this is "the newshour." coming up in the next 60 minutes, a new truce. a signed deal with the government paving the way for early elections. al shabaab fighters claim responsibility for a suicide attack on the presidential. with the latest from europe including western europe's last