Poll: World's View of U.S. Souring

By Lynn Neary,

Andrew Kohut, Vicky O'Hara, Jacki Lyden

Published December 3, 2002 at 11:00 PM CST

A new poll by The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press shows that around the world -- and especially in Muslim nations -- there's been a marked negative shift in peoples' opinion of the United States. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports, and NPR's Lynn Neary and NPR's Jacki Lyden discuss the poll results with Pew director Andrew Kohut.

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Lynn Neary

Lynn Neary is an NPR arts correspondent covering books and publishing.

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