Israel, Iran, U.S. = "Most Negative" Countries
IRNA Spins BBC Poll Into State Propaganda
| by Arash Norouzi |
Israel, US most negative
influence on world: poll
Israel. Iran. USA. According
to the results of a newly released BBC poll, those are the three most negatively
perceived countries in the world, in that order. (North
Korea was fourth).
For the Islamic Republic News Agency [IRNA], the bad PR about Iran's arch-enemies must have seemed like pure gold. The only catch is that in order to capitalize on it, they would
also have to mention that Iran itself closely follows as the 2nd
most negative country in the list, right? Nah... They simply omitted Iran from the results. "The
poll", reported IRNA, "...showed Israel was followed closely by the US and North
Korea".
Tehran, March 5, IRNA
Israel-US-Poll
Israel is perceived as having the most negative influence on the
world, according to a poll conducted by BBC World Service radio.
The poll, to be released Tuesday, showed Israel was
followed closely by the US and North Korea.
The radio survey of 28,000 people in 27 countries
indicated that the country with the highest negative response was
Israel with 56 percent negative.
The United States was seen as negative by 51
percent, followed by North Korea, perceived as negative by 48 percent
of those asked against 19 percent positive.
Respondents were given a list of 12 countries and
asked if they had a 'mostly positive or mostly negative influence in
the world'.
The survey was carried out for the BBC World Service
by the Maryland researchers and the international polling firm
GlobeScan.
Over the three years the BBC has been tracking
opinions about countries' influence in the world, most ratings have
remained relatively stable.
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