I have mixed feelings about this. Any news about bitcoins spreading around is good but Al Jazeera has a very bad anti-American reputatation. They went out of their way to tell the terrorist side of the story in Iraq and as an anonymous currency it isn't a good idea to associate with that kind of thing. As a libertarian I know drugs should be legal so things like silk road are okay but there should be a way to root out other criminal groups who try and use bitcoin.
I'm a U.S. Navy veteran. Do not confuse hostility to the U.S. government for hostility toward Americans. This country was founded by anti-government radicals. You can call a news outlet that refuses to be a propaganda puppet biased, but MSM networks that trade their objectivity for access are also biased.
In Hollywood, there is a saying: There is no such thing as bad publicity. The opposite of being loved is not being hated. It is being ignored. Lack of awareness, not bad PR, is bitcoin's biggest hurdle right now.