I really strongly believe that some human rights organizations and civic associations in the US follow the lead, and adhere to the standards of the US government when they survey foreign countries. Look at this list of most censoring countries by Committee to Protect Journalists: "North Korea is followed by Burma, Turkmenistan, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Eritrea, Cuba, Uzbekistan, Syria and Belarus in the survey, which was based on a variety of criteria, including formal censorship, harassment of journalists, jamming of foreign news broadcasts and restrictions on internet access." I mean, how could that list exclude Saudi Arabia, or Oman, for example?