As one having the great misfortune to be able to watch american television news, I find it no wonder, that there is are hostile feelings towards muslism.
Sure there is freedom of the press and all that in the U.S., but that means nothing when there is no balanced or critical reporting from the medias side. It has become a propaganda tool for the establishment. Demonize your enemy, and if the enemy is a bit difficult to spot, make up a new one that are easier to defeat and report on.
Noticed how Bin Laden have sort of slipped to the background, and it's now all about the Taliban.