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October 14, 2003
NPR To Carry Series On European Perceptions Of America
America Seen Through European Eyes to Run on NPR News 91
Beginning Oct. 14, NPR�s Sylvia Poggioli will look at how and why European perceptions of America have changed so much since Sept.11, when there had been such an outpouring of solidarity. The four-part series will air on All Things Considered, Tuesday, Oct. 14, through Friday, Oct. 17, on NPR News 91.
The series took Poggioli and Producer Jeff Rogers to Germany and France, countries that opposed the U.S.-led war; to Italy, which backed the Bush administration despite widespread public opposition; and to Poland, which fully supported the U.S. and even sent some troops to the Gulf.
Said Poggioli, �Everywhere, politicians and analysts tried to convince us that �there is no anti-Americanism here,' but in talking to normal people we found that anti-Americanism is alive and well. And we began to trace its roots and causes in different European societies.�
Among the complex emotions elicited by the U.S. as the world�s single super power � fascination and hatred, admiration and envy � there is also a new emotion: outright fear. With the Cold War over, Europeans are loosening the bonds with their onetime military and economic protector, who is now perceived as unpredictable. �As one analyst told me,� says Poggioli, �America is �out of control.��
All Things Considered can be heard on NPR News 91 from 3:30-7 p.m. Monday through Friday on 91.5 FM Boise, 90.7 FM McCall, 91.1 FM Sun Valley, and 88.5 FM Burley.
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