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BBC survey claims Israel has least positive image of any country
By The Associated Press

Israel, Iran and the United States are the countries with the most negative image in a globe-spanning survey of attitudes toward 12 major nations. Canada and Japan came out best in the poll, released on Monday.

The survey for the British Broadcasting Corp.'s World Service asked more than 28,000 people to rate 12 countries - Britain, Canada, China, France, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, North Korea, Russia, the United States and Venezuela  as having a positive or negative influence on the world.

Israel was viewed negatively by 56 percent of respondents and positively by 17 percent; for Iran, the figures were 54 percent and 18 percent. The United States had the third-highest negative ranking, with 51 percent citing it as a bad influence and 30 percent as a good one. Next was North Korea, which was viewed negatively by 48 percent and positively by 19 percent.
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Canada had the most positive rating in the survey of 28,389 people in 27 countries, with 54 percent viewing it positively and 14 percent negatively. It was followed by Japan and France.

Respondents were also asked their views of the 25-member European Union; 53 percent saw it as positive and 19 percent as negative.

Britain, China and India were viewed more positively than negatively, while Russia had more negative than positive responses. Opinion on Venezuela was evenly split.

It appears that people around the world tend to look negatively on countries whose profile is marked by the pursuit of military power, said Steven Kull, director of the University of Maryland's Program onInternational Policy Attitudes, which conducted the research along with pollster GlobeScan.

Countries that relate to the world primarily through soft power, like France and Japan and the EU in general, tend to be viewed positively, he added
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  1.   Why would anyone be "surprised" by this? 01:36  |  spyguy 06/03/07
  2.   BBC Should Disclose 01:42  |  Tex 06/03/07
  3.   This is a great honor... 01:43  |  bat yam 06/03/07
  4.   What u see is what u get... 01:50  |  Ghostdog 06/03/07
  5.   canada 01:58  |  wh 06/03/07
  6.   BBC 02:01  |  paul 06/03/07
  7.   that is why the world is in such a mess 02:11  |  rich 06/03/07
  8.   Am I Supposed To Lose Sleep Over This? 02:16  |  Ben Israel 06/03/07
  9.   when u hear word BBC and Israel, you should run... 02:33  |  Tom 06/03/07
  10.   Not surprised at all 02:56  |  Sam (UK) 06/03/07
  11.   BBC survey 03:01  |  KT 06/03/07
  12.   How is perception formed? 03:38  |  Harry 06/03/07
  13.   I am absolutely shocked, simply shocked!!! 03:55  |  ballistic 06/03/07
  14.   Not To Worry Israel. Remember it`s From The BBC 04:10  |  Peter 06/03/07
  15.   smells like anti-semetism 04:11  |  adad aham 06/03/07
  16.   further proof that Jews do NOT "control" the global media 04:14  |  Abir 06/03/07
  17.   BBC survey 04:18  |  Rabbi Yakov Lazaros 06/03/07
  18.   harry, I have been coming to this site 04:29  |  bev 06/03/07
  19.   Canada 04:31  |  Sam 06/03/07
  20.   no way.... 04:32  |  ron 06/03/07
  21.   #3 Harry, what do you blame Haaretz???!! 04:35  |  ballistic 06/03/07
  22.   North Korea positive 19 percent! 04:48  |  McQueen 06/03/07
  23.   Self fulfilling prophecy 04:52  |  Peter Burman 06/03/07
  24.   Hi to Ruthie Pliskin 04:58  |  celia 06/03/07
  25.   Consequences (Harry #6) 05:15  |  JJ 06/03/07
  26.   BBC is testing its own performance... 05:26  |  Fortuna 06/03/07
  27.   Not so Random Surveys 05:28  |  Jonathan 06/03/07
  28.   #15 MORE PICTURES OF HUMAN SHIELDS 05:34  |  TOBIA 06/03/07
  29.   better.... 05:36  |  dont matter 06/03/07
  30.   BBC = Best Be Commie 05:44  |  J of Hollywood 06/03/07
  31.   DONT ASK US FOR HELP. 05:46  |  TOBIA 06/03/07
  32.   worst and best countries 05:46  |  Boris 06/03/07
  33.   BBC demonised Israel&distorted issues by their own admission. 05:52  |  PETER. S.M 06/03/07
  34.   Canada-Israel 05:53  |  P Galasso 06/03/07
  35.   No point denying it 06:03  |  Moises 06/03/07
  36.   sound about right 06:06  |  daniel 06/03/07
  37.   Moises - No Country is an Island 06:20  |  Piss 06/03/07
  38.   The BBC is harvesting what it has sown for years 06:20  |  Geulah 06/03/07
  39.   Harry, Ballistic - "Haaretz forms negative view of Israel" 06:21  |  Moises 06/03/07
  40.   Boris - That is the funniest Joke! 06:22  |  F., 06/03/07
  41.   daniel - Why is anti-semtism? 06:24  |  SD 06/03/07
  42.   #17 Hey you guys, Fox News, Bush`s 06:24  |  ballistic 06/03/07
  43.   Israel Bashing BBC arranged survey among Israel Bashers. Thus... 06:25  |  Vittorio 06/03/07
  44.   #10 Controlling the media and 06:26  |  ballistic 06/03/07
  45.   no9.. grow up 06:28  |  ravi 06/03/07
  46.   So again how many Tibetans those Chinese annihilated? 06:36  |  Dan 06/03/07
  47.   to #17. Self fulfilling prophecy 06:46  |  Claudia 06/03/07
  48.   CANADA is "good" so why do Jihadists want to blow up Parliament 06:56  |  PETER SM 06/03/07
  49.   poor ratings 06:56  |  dan 06/03/07
  50.   You fail in self-criticism 07:07  |  An Arab Neighbor 06/03/07
  51.   its true 07:10  |  SJ 06/03/07
  52.   THE ONLY MUSLIM 07:13  |  indrajaya 06/03/07
  53.   i claim bbc is most distrusted, unreliable news source worldwide 07:21  |  ralph 06/03/07
  54.   Good company 07:25  |  Gordon 06/03/07
  55.   to #35 and others who think they know why.. 07:48  |  Richie 06/03/07
  56.   To Peter #48 07:49  |  Gordon 06/03/07
  57.   BBC`s McDonald survey 07:49  |  infidel 06/03/07
  58.   Until BBC publishes its method of polling, this is all flawed 07:50  |  Massoud Levy 06/03/07
  59.   Is the BBC guilty? 07:57  |  Jean-Paul Doguet 06/03/07
  60.   Ben Israel No 8 08:00  |  Doesnot matta 06/03/07
  61.   BBC admits anti-American bias 08:11  |  infidel 06/03/07
  62.   C`mon now guys, come clean! 08:23  |  Ghostdog 06/03/07
  63.   #48 08:23  |  Trevor Brooks 06/03/07
  64.   GhostDog Apartheid you don`t even what apartheid means 08:25  |  Aby 06/03/07
  65.   Jealousy Attitude 08:39  |  Sylus 06/03/07
  66.   And the BBC has the least positive image of any broadcaster ! 08:41  |  redmike 06/03/07
  67.   Europe`s Contribution to Civilization 08:49  |  Ed 06/03/07
  68.   To Dan from Atlanta #49 09:03  |  An Arab Neighbor 06/03/07
  69.   countries with guts 09:11  |  a critic 06/03/07
  70.   # 38 Geula about the BBC 09:12  |  Rina Rabinowitz 06/03/07
  71.   Survey: which EU country is going to be the first Muslim country 09:32  |  Judith, Haifa 06/03/07
  72.   #19, Sam 09:35  |  Michael H. 06/03/07
  73.   Just more BBC lies 09:37  |  Nechama 06/03/07
  74.   To Ravi (#45) 09:45  |  Mario 06/03/07
  75.   Huh? 09:47  |  Cheryl 06/03/07
  76.   To An Arab Neighbor 09:52  |  Mario 06/03/07
  77.   bbc surveey 09:55  |  Koutchouk 06/03/07
  78.   BBC survey? 09:56  |  David NIgel Braham 06/03/07
  79.   Balistic This land belongs to us 10:26  |  Aby 06/03/07
  80.   # 58, MASSOUD LEVY 10:36  |  indrajaya 06/03/07
  81.   To Mario from USA #76 11:22  |  An Arab Neighbor 06/03/07
  82.   Re: BBC survey 16:43  |  Mike 06/03/07
  83.   #6, Paul 16:58  |  Mike 06/03/07
  84.   Re: PETER SM 17:35  |  John Puckett 06/03/07
  85.   what u see is what u get 18:15  |  deborah 06/03/07
  86.   #79, Aby - how far back you want to go? 19:16  |  A Bethlehemite 06/03/07
  87.   Image 21:25  |  Y Not 06/03/07
  88.   PEACE 23:55  |  p 06/03/07
  89.   #71, which nuclear armed country in europe 02:31  |  Andre Maunsell 07/03/07
  90.   CANADA - liberte,egalite,fraternite 02:36  |  Steve 07/03/07
  91.   Always, ALWAYS over-reaching 06:59  |  Brian 07/03/07
  92.   Propaganda or PUBLIC OPINION... 08:09  |  cnd 07/03/07
  93.   What do you expect? 00:08  |  Robert 08/03/07
  94.   The world is not supid any more 01:34  |  Superuser 08/03/07
  95.   Poll 01:50  |  JJ 08/03/07
  96.   too funny 16:52  |  my name 09/03/07
  97.   Iran`s Reputation is no surprise but 20:12  |  fred 09/11/08
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