Scorecard: GEORGIA

Positives:

• Libel is decriminalized.

• Reporting of state secrets also decriminalized.

• Assaults on journalists decline slightly.
  
  

Negatives:

• Government still harasses media, using such methods as retaliatory tax investigations.

• Administration pressures media to tone down coverage, replace critical journalists.

• Pending bill would set a "code of conduct" for news media.