American TV's information gap creates a new world of danger

James Robinson talks to veteran CBS correspondent Tom Fenton on the blinkering of US news by corporate bosses


Sunday April 10, 2005
The Observer

Anyone who has travelled to America knows how difficult it can be to find out what is happening back home, particularly if a TV set in a hotel bedroom is your main source of information; the US networks seem to regard foreign news as an expensive turn-off.