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The first amendment of the Bill of rights guarantees freedom of worship, speech, and press. Ukraine has also laws, protecting press.  Law on Information was adopted by the Parliament on 2 October 1992. The law "provides a comprehensive statutory framework for the legal structure governing the media in Ukraine." The media legislation in Ukraine guarantees freedom and autonomy for the media and promotes pluralism, both for the print as well as for the broadcast media. It seems that everything is all right, but there is a small problem. If in U.S. there is a strong tradition of independent newspapers, magazines, television, radio, and other forms of media publicizing varying opinions, both critical and supportive of government policy, in Ukraine you'll probably feel some pressure from the local officials if you write not favorable information. So it was, when one journalist in my town conducted an investigation in local hospital. She wanted to know whether it was possible to believe analyses, given by hospital assistants. The journalist handed them over a green tea instead of urine and was extremely surprised when she got results. And then - then it was serious conversations with the main doctor of the town, some officials, talking about the norms of behavior... Unfortunately, it's not only one case. Ukrainian press faces following problems. Reporters face harassment and censorship daily for their objective reporting. Print runs have been permanently or temporarily stopped for several newspapers. It was the case when authorities in the Kharkiv region temporarily confiscated 42,000 copies of the newspaper Without Censorship. Other media face politically motivated lawsuits. Radio Liberty, an important source of objective information, and other radio stations such as Radio Kontynent have been either partially or totally taken off the air. And what is about American press? Does it really have the freedom? It does. The question is should every sphere of life of the person become available to other people. Lots of officials feel a real irritation towards the journalists. I remember the words of George Washington, who claimed that if government and officials were the constant theme of media abuse, it would be impossible "to keep the machine together". Who knows? I think, the main aim of this machine is to stay stable, not depriving of media freedom and not abusing it P.S. Yesterday I created the first blog in my life. If you like, you can go there and know something interesting about me, my country and other staff