This is more or less correct, but I think the author exaggerated the "non-noteworthiness" of the USA in order to make a point. While the rest of the world may not care about an individual US citizen, they all pay close attention to the country as a whole. They do this because the USA makes a HUGE impact on the world stage and not paying attention to us isn't an option. Just about every news broadcast in the rest of the world will have a short bit on "what's going on in America." Granted, the things the rest of the world thinks are important (who are we invading now, who did we make angry) are not the same things that CNN thinks are important (the popular murder trial, Kim Kardashian's baby's name). The USA casts a large shadow around the world. This doesn't give Americans the right to act like fools when we travel, but we aren't exactly impotent.