Two media rights groups have reported a sharp drop in press freedoms around the world in 2016. The two groups note that much of the decline in media rights took place in democratic countries. Freedom House and Reporters Without Borders say North Korea, Syria and China were the countries with the most restrictions on media in 2016. They noted that all three countries were among the worst offenders of press freedoms in recent years. But what is changing is that democracies, such as the United States, also had a decline in press freedom last year.