-- more on -- Want to know what the rest of the world really thinks about the US?

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 22:09:42 +0100
> From: Brian Randell <Brian.Randell () newcastle ac uk>
>
> To: dave () farber net
>
>
> Hi Dave:
>
> > > > The BBC did a survey of 11,000 people worldwide, asking them to 
> > > > consider the impact of US policies and culture.  Here are the 
> > > > results.  They're fascinating.
> > > >
> > > > <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/programmes/wtwta/poll/html/default.stm>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/programmes/wtwta/poll/html/default.stm
>
> These graphs in fact formed the back-drop to a thought-provoking one hour 
> "global television debate" on the main BBC TV Channel a month or so ago, 
> one involving a very interesting set of international commentators - which 
> in fact is still available for viewing on the BBC web-site via RealOne 
> Player. (This is not too evident from the above page, or any of the pages 
> of graphs, but can be reached via the text "What the World thinks of 
> America" which is in fact an inconspicuous link in the top right hand 
> corner of each page.)
>
> To my mind the most startling statistic, much commented on in the 
> programme, was that in South Korea, the answer to the question "Who is 
> more dangerous: America or North Korea?", was 48% USA, 39% North Korea!
>
> However the limitations of opinion polls are illustrated by the following 
> quote from the description of the TV programme:
>
> "Homer Simpson, the lovable head of the Simpson family, has been nominated 
> the greatest American ever in an online poll ahead of the BBC-led global 
> debate, What The World Thinks of America.
>
> The cartoon character received 47.17% of the vote beating former United 
> States President Abraham Lincoln, who received 9.67% and civil rights 
> leader Martin Luther King Jnr, with 8.54% of the vote..."
>
> Cheers
>
> Brian Randell
>
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