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Thats handy , a nice simple one word answer ....
Context .
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That's such a common answer given when Islamic-apologists are confronted with these passages, that I've learned to reject it out of hand unless one actually offers the "context" which they are referring to.
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Not much coverage. That's different from no coverage. There is a little coverage, as I pointed out with NPR as an example. But not much coverage, as in NPR, CNN, Fox, MSNBC, WSJ, Reuters, etc. Hearing a story from only one or two news sources would be considered "not much" coverage. I understand what Tribesman meant.
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That's true, he did say "not much". What I'm saying is that it seems to be due to there not being much to cover.
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Aramike, you're probably right, the New Testament has a lot of interesting stuff in it, such as Mathew 10:21, Acts 2:4 and Mark 16:15-18 (have you tried these yet?  ), Romans 1:27-32 (death to the gays!) and there are plenty of orders directly from Jesus, such as Matthew 5:29-30, to perform acts of violence on one's self (not many Christians are following these dictates), but yeah, it is pretty much devoid of violence and aggression. However, last time I checked, every Christian bible I've seen has the Old Testament and New, bound together, and every preacher I have ever heard pulls material from the Old with equal legitimacy as the New, and as you know, the Old Testament can match the Koran, violent exhortation for exhortation. You need me to find a few dozen examples real quick? 
I'm not criticizing the Bible, but I find it interesting that so many people don't know what's in it. I've read it from front to back three times, and took extensive notes. It's a fascinating read.
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I am fairly familiar with the Bible as a whole, and while Christians do typically accept both the Old Testament and the New, they tend to use the Old as more of a historical reference. I also believe that even Christ said to essentially discount the dicates of the Old Testament (I'll research which passage that is later).
The difference is that the Bible actually HAS a New Testament whereas the Koran does not have a more moderate text.