There are always fake research articles out there. Plus this article was made in the Netherlands, to which there's nothing wrong with there Netherlands, but its Press Freedom rank is 28th, sixth place down, marking the country's worst performance since the index's inception in 2013.
To which Press Freedom rank calculates the degree of freedom available to journalists in 180 countries by pooling the responses of experts to a questionnaire devised by RSF targeted to media profesionals, lawyers and sociologists.
https://www.iamexpat.nl/expat-info/dutch-expat-news/netherlands-falls-22-places-press-freedom-index-lowest-ever-ranking
https://www.unesco.org/en/world-media-trends/world-press-freedom-index