I notice practically no coverage of terrorist activity in the US and Canada in the mainstream media.  Yet if you search the internet you find several reports of domestic terrorism.
Derrick Shareef was sentenced to 35 years in jail for attempting to attack the Cherryvale Mall in Rockford Illinois during the 2006 Christmas seasons.  Derrick Shareef, a 24 year old convert to Islam, planned to blow up hand grenades in the crowded mall. In spite of Derricks' conviction of plotting to use weapons of mass destruction on September 30,2008 Federal Judge David Coar did not believe that Derrick
was evil and gave Shareef five years off for "good behavior".  This is the kind of fool judges we can expect under President Barack Obama.
According to Dick Morris in Fleeced the liberal media downplays terrorism to elect Democrats,to protect civil liberties( of terrorists naturally), and to avoid offending minorities.
The mainstream media underplayed 5 major terrorist events.  The Brooklyn Bridge plot was stopped by NSA intercepts; thanks to the Patriot Act the National Security Agency told the NY Police Department about the plot.  A blowtorch could cut the cables and send the Brooklyn Bridge crashing into the East River.  There were hidden areas under the bridge where a terrorist could work in seclusion.
The JFK airport plot planned to blow up fuel lines under the airport.  This involved R.M.Defretas a retired airport cargo worker with inside knowledge of JFK Airport, satellite photos of JFK to assist in planning the mission, noticable financial resources to travel to Guyana and Trinidad in South America to obtain futher backing for the mission, making surveillance videos of JFK and the surrounding area.
The plot to kill soldiers at Fort Dix was no joke, neither was Jose Padilla the dirty bomber.  But the liberal media portrayed them as amateurish to prevent Republicans from winning elections.