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Negative Coverage, Negative Perceptions
A BBC survey finds Israel is viewed as the second-most negative influence on the world after Iran. You don't think these views are influenced by biased media coverage, do you?
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I wouldn't take this poll seriously.
I would like to see a break down of how each country voted. You can expect countries like Egypt, Lebanon, and Indonesia to give Israel the lowest possible rating, while maybe the U.S. and some other countries would rate Iran the lowest. There are many countries that would be looked at as a benign tossup to most everyone, and those countries would split the positive ratings, while the results would be skewed by the very negative ratings a few countries would give to Iran or Israel.
In other words the poll only tells us that we are very hated in some places.
Stan
Posted by: Stan at Apr 2, 2008 12:53:29 PM
Western media loves citing polls that show people are responding to the indoctrination they themselves have been inflicting. It's disingenuous in the extreme.
Posted by: Brad Brzezinski at Apr 2, 2008 3:54:46 PM
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