- Cape Verde
- Dominican Republic
- Israel and the occupied territories
Alternative sources of information are widely available but government versions are presented in preferential fashion. This may be the result of partiality in and greater availability of government-controlled media; selective closure, punishment, harassment, or censorship of dissident reporters, publishers, or broadcasters; or mild self-censorship resulting from any of these.
(The countries in the data-set are scored using the US State Department's Human Rights Report).