Do you realize that Garrison Keillor is a humorist?  Not a serious pundit or commentator?  He's sort of the Mark Twain of the late 20th - early 21st century.  

I'm just having a hard time thinking that he fits into the category of serious "English language media commentary on France".

I'm sure I don't notice it as much as you but I really do notice French bashing in the media.  And ... unlike my compatriots in this thread, I don't mind if you want to call each and every instance out of even borderline France bashing out.  I like to do that with lawyer bashing :)