Posted on 02/25/2005 5:16:44 AM PST by dervish
A study by Media Tenor -- a German-based international media research institute -- shows that leading European newspapers and TV stations still produce twice as many negative statements about the U.S. as positive ones (even if that criticism slightly decreased from December to January).
'snip'
The finding that European coverage can be more critical of the U.S. than even the Arab media mirrors results of previous Media Tenor studies. In 2003, Media Tenor published a report about four weeks of news coverage during the Iraq war that showed German television in particular covered U.S. military actions more critically than Al Jazeera.
'snip'
Even within Europe, the study produced some surprising results. One would expect German media to be critical of Mr. Bush (although conservative German papers usually present a more balanced picture), but the fact that French media such as Le Monde and TF 1 are more balanced than their British colleagues at BBC News, the Times and the Independent would not be as obvious. Some of the positive U.S. coverage in the analyzed French media was the result of the positive coverage of American aid for the Asian flood victims, a topic that was also prominently featured in the Arab media.
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"Does European media coverage paint the wrong picture of America? Content analysis alone cannot answer that question, but it can show that journalists in different countries create different realities. In addition, these findings can help explain why public opinion research has found that "anti-Americanism is deeper and broader now than in any time in modern history," as the Pew Research Center stated in a recently published report.
The Bush administration has realized that most Europeans do not understand U.S. foreign policy and perceive it to be threatening. Politicians on both sides have begun efforts to revitalize the trans-Atlantic partnership. It will be interesting to see whether the media, which inform public opinion, will follow that approach."
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Why doesn't PEW research that?
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What do you expect from the media. A big difference between Americans and Europeans is that Americans don't believe everything they are told by the media.
A.) Why should I care B.) Good. I could care less about being loved. I have a puppy for that. What I want is respect and a little bit of fear.
"A study by Media Tenor -- a German-based international media research institute -- shows that leading European newspapers and TV stations still produce twice as many negative statements about the U.S. as positive ones (even if that criticism slightly decreased from December to January)."
They compare them to Arab news sources, but don't compare them to American news sources.
I'm wondering if adding American news sources gives us a new winner in the harshest critic category.
Yup
I can't stand that Communist, terror supporting Fischer. It's is unbelievable to me that a former terror monger of the Baader-Meinhof Gang is now the Foreign Minister and a vocal critic of the Iraq War. Shame on Schroeder for giving a terrorist legitimacy.
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