This is nothing if not well sourced. Yet, somehow I feel I didn't learn much because each snapshot is a limited view of country by country perception.

Fascinating TV piece on Obama that suggests a wide-ranging interest in Obama as a candidate and the presidential election in general. Actual facts and information in these snippets of global media coverage is sparse, but taken as a whole, the piece is quite informative. Its major weakness from a journalistic view is that there is no real critical analysis.

The credibility of the report is essentially destroyed by one of the narrators because of her poor wording and inaccurate interpretation of the evidence that was presented. Specifically, I found the comment concerning Obama's remaining diplomatic in his approach to supporting Israel "... only until he spoke at AIPAC, did his policy change" confusing and misleading. I don't understand the sentence. More importantly, I do understand the point but it is not supported by the evidence. There is no evidence of a change in policy. At most, the case could be made that perhaps there was a change in emphasis or focus on different aspects of the same policy. As presented, Obama is unfairly assumed to have 'flipped' his policy for ... More »