this is true.

The US certainly has some issues with civil liberties, with a recent example being the USA Patriot Act, but we also have more protected rights. Many say America is a very litigious country, but that's because we actually have the right to due process and legal recourse. Our press is open to the influences of corporate money, but we do have an explicitly free press that is not government-run. We're effectively protected from government censorship.