I looked at that source and most of thr US’s dings seem to he security. But note that the source says that basically no one gets arrested or killed by the government for being a journalist. Thus, I’m gonna say that it’s mostly our crazy populous, which with the climate after Trunp makes sense.
The original point that the US has strong protections (by the government) for the the press stands. We just can’t do anything aboutnpur citizens.