I do believe that a large chunk of the Muslim hatred of America is hatred of what they see from our movies and television. They watch something like “Desperate Housewives” and think it’s a documentary, not satire.
When liberals ask “Why do they hate us?” my answer isn’t that they hate America as much as they hate the image of Americans portrayed by our liberal media.
While Christians have been conditioned to turn the other cheek (perhaps too much) to our liberal media, Muslims have no such commandment and no inclination to accept what is seen on tv as anything but an *accurate* reflection of our society and values.
Television, internet, movies, cell phones, etc. etc. the world is getting smaller and there’s very little anyone can do about it. If you think about the extreme impact of cable television in rural America 30 years ago, we’ll get the idea.
During the reign of the Taliban, thousands of bootleg copies of Titanic were smuggled into the country and watched in secret under the possibility of harsh penalties.