Second of all, there is clearly an evil, deceptive and destructive force at work, making effective use of a very complicit media to accomplish it's aims, which one cannot avoid concluding are malicious.
Does that mean the media ought not to serve a better function? Of course not. Does it mean the influence of the media isn't important? Of course not. Does it mean the media (at least some facets of it) doesn't get it right sometimes, of course not.
But this story is a perfect case in point. There was far more outrage over the cartoons - so far, but again, if that changes, I will still point to the media as the agent of suggestion in the evil that is done.