Watching America is a very interesting blog that just started recently. They find out what the media in places like France, Germany, Iraq, Poland, and Saudi Arabia are writing about America,translate it into English, and make it accessible to everyone via the net.

It is the only site that I know of that does this kind of thing, and a lot of their material could formerly only be found through special channels, or something like a CIA office. (In fact, it has reportedly already become a regular stop for some CIA people).

Regardless, it’s a great place to go–especially if you want to know what the media in other countries thinks of the United States. Check it out, and consider adding it to your list of daily reads.

In the words of Robin, one of the founders:

We have developed a website called www.WatchingAmerica.com - which is the first of its kind. We present links to news about the U.S. written outside the U.S. Much of it is written originally in other languages - so we provide translations, which you can access at a single click. You can therefore read what the Iraqis, French, Israelis, Saudis, Poles etc. are saying to each other about the U.S. A lot of the material we have is therefore not available in English anywhere else in the world. It is updated continually. We have foreign multimedia content to add extra dimensions to the stories.