Actually, the reason that most of the civilized world has no respect for the US or President Bush is directly due to the writing of "journalists." Let's not forget that even before President Bush was elected, the press was calling him a lighweight (anybody else remember the talking point, "gravitas?") and making fun of him. They called him a simpleton, and idiot, and far worse. And the foreign press picked it up and parroted it. Then the europeans began talking about how stupid Americans must be for electing such a stupid president.
No, if the US has any lack of credibility in the world today, it's directly the cause of the media!
Mark