ARE YOU THERE, AMERICA?

APATHY; TELEVISION broadcasting of news; CBS Interactive Inc.; STARVATION; TELEVISION viewers

UNITED StatesReport Available; ETHIOPIAReport Available

Focuses on CBS Inc.'s graphic portrayal of the plight of starving Ethiopians without at the same time indicating how and in what way individual Americans can help. Disappearance of the impulse to private charity; Isolated sense of security felt by American television viewers; Question about why churches and other philanthropic organizations are not galvanizing to help Ethiopians.