My condolences.:) (My tastes run much more in the Pournelle, Niven, Kornbluth, and [early] Heinlein direction. I read for fun. If I wanted to read for work, I'd pick up a copy of Beowulf, LOL!) (Hey, has anyone grabbed "Grendel" as a login name yet? :)
But you're lumping all the media together and I've heard many, many reporters on FNC refer to Islam as being filled with Islamofascists. I've heard such extreme language used in the last few weeks that a time or two I thought they should be more cautious for a variety of reasons.
I was generalizing. I even said so!:) IOW, I wasn't implying that it was universal. However, it is becoming increasingly common, if not outright prevalent. Seems like I see it most on some of the wire services. I would not be surprised if it's in some recent revision of a style book, similar to the mandated use of the neologism "African-American." (Which reminds me of a knee-slapper of PC insanity, in which a well-known newspaper "corrected" a story about race issues in South Africa. When it went to press, it made reference to "White South Africans" and "African-American South Africans." I kid you not.)
...and remember the story of "Getting [a budget] Back into the African-American!" that ran in the early 90s...(was that in The Nation?) :-)
Those automated PC checkers were a hoot. I was waiting for the election-year story saying, "Throw the ~Homeless~ Out!"