Unfortunately, the foreigners that I know get their news either directly from US media like CNN, or from foreign news outlets that directly transmit AP sources. My Japanese colleagues watch CNN to practice their English. It's even worse than domestic spin, because a lot of people here in the states either know something about what is actually happening, or they understand when and how far to believe the news. But those overseas don't, so they often take what they see at face value.
The converse situation also exists, sometimes they see through cultural aspects that are taken at face value in America. I find this happens more often on social issues like feminist, gay, and sometimes race issues that are FU in America but FU along different lines overseas.
