America: Biggest Ally or Biggest Threat?
Among the 47 countries in the latest Pew Global Attitudes Survey, nearly equal numbers named the United States as a top ally (19) as named it as the biggest threat (17).
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Moderators, Movie Stars, and Marital Morality Fuel Campaign Talk
The debut of Fred Thompson as a GOP debater helped make last week the second-biggest week of the year in the talk show universe for the 2008 presidential campaign. But so did a talk brouhaha over a more tangential topic involving the debate. Also, conservative Michael Savage lets a conservative pundit have it.
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Chapter 3. Perceived Threats and Allies
People around the world often mention neighboring nations as posing the greatest threats to their own countries. Proximity also is a factor in peoples’ views of their country’s most dependable allies. However, world powers often make the list – and the United States appears prominently on the lists of major allies and threats. In fact, […]
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War of Words Over War in Iraq
General David Petraeus’ appearance on Capitol Hill last week helped turn the Iraq debate into one of the biggest talk topics of the year. The general may not have changed many minds in Congress, but he provided talk hosts on both sides of the political spectrum with plenty of ammunition.
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Topline – Part 1
PEJ News Coverage Index April 1 – June 29, 2007 All Media Top Stories (Percent of Newshole) 2nd QTR Rank Story All Media 1st QTR 2nd QTR YTD 1 2008 Campaign 7.4% 8.5% 8.0% 2 Events in Iraq* 6.8 6.7 6.7 3 Iraq Policy Debate* 12.4 6.6 9.5 4 Immigration 1.5 5.7 3.6 5 VA […]
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Topline – Part 2
PEJ News Coverage Index April 1 – June 29, 2007 Radio Top Stories (Percent of Newshole) 2nd QTR Rank Story All Talk News Headlines NPR’s Morning Edition Overall Talk Conservative Talk Liberal Talk QTR YTD QTR YTD QTR YTD QTR YTD QTR YTD QTR YTD 1 2008 Campaign 10.0 9.7 12.9 13.3 13.0 […]
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Chapter 4. Views of Iran, Its Leader, and the Nuclear Question
Iran’s image remains negative throughout much of the world, and has eroded significantly over the past year in several countries, including Turkey, Egypt and Indonesia. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continues to inspire little confidence internationally. However, the poll finds Shia Muslims in Lebanon holding overwhelmingly positive opinions of the Iranian president, reflecting a broad divide […]
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Chapter 4. The Middle East and the Muslim World
Muslim publics around the world increasingly reject suicide bombing and other forms of violence against civilian targets in the defense of Islam. Overall, majorities in 15 of 16 Muslim publics surveyed say that suicide bombings can be rarely or never justified. Fully 77% of Muslims in Indonesia – and nearly as many in Bangladesh, Pakistan […]
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Talk Shows React to Immigration Redux
The impassioned debate on the talk airwaves wouldn’t go away last week as the once-imperiled immigration bill appeared to get a new life. And that had some conservative hosts putting former GOP allies on their enemies list. The talkers were also more interested in HBO’s gang wars than the Hamas-Fatah battles.
