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June 20, 2007
Report on Anti-Americanism in European Media
Ray Drake of the highly recommended blog Davids Medienkritik was interviewed in an excellent two-part report by the Christian Broadcasting Network on anti-Americanism in the European media.
Though you won't be surprised, you will be appalled. Here's an excerpt:
Polls clearly show that Europeans have turned against America in increasing numbers. You can blame Iraq or George Bush. But it's also true that Europeans have been fed a steady diet of media distortions about America for years.
And if you repeat a distortion long enough, it can become reality.
If you got your news about the United States only from the European media, chances are good you wouldn't like the United States either. There are a lot of reasons for the anti-American coverage in the media here, but you can start with the journalists themselves. They're mostly liberal and they're on a mission.
America gets a journalistic thumping just about every day in Europe. It's a one-way media war that our government has shown little or no interest in fighting seriously, even though it has severely damaged America's image and influence.
A British novelist wrote that "My Anti-Americanism has become almost uncontrollable. It rises in my throat like acid reflux."
One of the biggest bashers of America is the British Broadcasting Corporation. Outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair admitted that the "BBC is full of hatred for America."
A former BBC journalist says a drawing of Bush as Hitler is hung in the BBC newsroom.
Here's Part One:
And Part Two:
Hat tip: Davids Medienkritik.
Posted by Van Helsing at June 20, 2007 8:28 PM
Comments
Meanwhile, a British playwright in Australia has just won accolades and cash for his play "Osama the Hero". Written, says the playwright, because we just don't have enough dissent about what's going on.
Posted by: The Panday at June 21, 2007 3:39 AM
Menawhile, in America, even MSNBC admits that the media is biased to the left." (Don't miss the 'Bush is like Hitler' comment from a New York editor.)
Posted by: V the K at June 21, 2007 5:56 AM
I love it! Who do the Europeans always turn to, of course, when their asses are truly on the line? India? China? Russia? Not hardly . . .
Posted by: jc14 at June 21, 2007 10:45 AM
Anti-American Europeans don't worry me so much as anti-American AMERICANS!
Posted by: KHarn at June 21, 2007 3:43 PM
