“I propose a hearty round of applause for Hollywood and the US media for their excellent efforts in presenting the best face of our nation to the world.”
Well, yes they really are to blame! Its everyones media of course. Even if they aren’t politically biased, they are all of them biased to sensation, so you are left with these very odd impressions. People really believe that guns are going off in the US all the time, and that aids and so on are rampant. Even my dad, who is not unintelligent, was really very disappointed when he first visited the States that he never heard any car tires screaching, like happens in every cop show all the time! Actually of course, we soon learnt that Americans are generally very careful drivers.
The profusion of articles concerning Muslims taking over Britain led me to believe that I might be seeing Imams screeching from minarets when I visited London a few years ago. Well I not only didn't see any minarets, in four days I saw pitifully few foreign-dressed people cavorting around the town. The whole experience in London was very pleasant. Especially the tour bus ride on the Big Bus (or the Big Black Bus...something like that). The tour guide was a born comedian.