I'll give it a shot. I think it has to do with the nature of Islam and how the West operates in general. So-called Bill of Rights, respecting religions, and whatnot. So the media uses this as hedge to argue the main point that Islam is backwards from "modern" society without actually saying it. Showing women in burkas, dusty towns, kids throwing rocks at tanks. Just making them look savage and uneducated. And most modern Americans do not understand the nature of war so they are presented with a highly censored version of it. When Operation Iraqi Freedom began we were all subjected to flashy media themes and all watched a bombing of a major city on tv. (Iraq). Looked like fireworks. But we didn't see the aftermath of people getting crushed by buildings or burned to death by the bombs. We are just as savage if not more than the "evil" Muslims, but we just don't know it.