Discover what the world thinks about U.S.

[dave502d]

http://www.watchingamerica.com/

[BattyDem]

1. I'm afraid to look ...

How bad is it? :-(

[kliljedahl]

3. Pretty bad

It's worth a look though. Not planning any trips to Europe any time in the near future I hope.


http://www.kliljedahl.net

[BattyDem]

5. I took a look ...

Damn. :-(

Thanks for the link. It's a great site, I just wish we weren't the country everyone hated. :mad:

[Clark2008]

2. Oh, wow! Thank you!

I usually spend hours searching out English versions of stories (I can read French, though) online so I can keep up with what's REALLY going on in the world, given that our media cares more about tabloid trash.
Thanks for posting this. Will spread the word.

[K-W]

4. Yep, that's the US I know, meddling and pissing people off.

[despairing optimist]

6. Thanks for the link. It's better than the old World Press Review

I love the Internets, where we can be our own editors and not rely on the shmucks who got us into wars that shouldn't happen, crusades to reform perfectly successful social programs, and other crude deceptions. It's best to bypass American media and sift out the truth in foreign versions.

[renaissanceguy]

7. It's sad that we have to look to foreign sources

for the truth about what's happening in OUR OWN COUNTRY.


http://www.cafepress.com/liberalissues.15010804

[despairing optimist]

9. Correct, but a number of Americans work for foreign media anyway

so we're reimporting their commentaries along with their foreign colleages' work. No one source or group of sources can be completely objective or reliable, foreign or domestic. It's best to shop around.

[chlamor]

8. A Sample

Boos and Catcalls Greet Bush at St. Peter's

When his image flashed on a huge outdooor TV screen, the multitude gathered for the funeral of Pope John Paul II had a pointedly unpleasant message to communicate to the U.S. president.

Original Article (German)    

Rome: It was a historic moment: George W. Bush was the first president of the U.S. to participate in burying a Pope - despite his controversy with the Pontiff over the Iraq War. Loud booing was heard, when on a large television monitor carried a close-up of the President and Mrs. Bush.

George W. Bush had also brought a high-ranking delegation to Rome, which included his father, George Bush, his predecessor, Bill Clinton, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. At St. Peter's  Square, Bush sat in the second row of honored guests. The seats were arranged in alphabetical order, after the French names for each nation. Beside Bush sat French President Jacques Chirac. About 40 members of the U.S. Congress were also in attendance. The huge crowd gathered in the Square reacted with booing and catcalls when a large television monitor carried a close-up of the President and Mrs. Bush.
http://www.watchingamerica.com/derspiegel000003.html

[sandnsea]

10. Good site

bookmarked.

:kick:

[BuyingThyme]

11. No big deal.

Now, you're thinking of the world as all of the people on the planet. I don't. I think that's the old world. If you look at the entire world today, the center of gravity is shifting to the right. And there are a lot of new members.

Link:

http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2003/t01232003_t0122sdfpc.html