One of the favorite tropes of the New York Times is to find some development it deplores, then find someone who shares the scorn of the editors--and then report the reaction it sought as the news peg. This approach is on full display in a revelation of a "debate" growing over the religiosity of Gov. Rick Perry of Texas. The debate really starts with the TImes.
Perry is expected to announce a race for President this week. But instead of reporting on that, the progressive New York Times seeks to make an issue out of Perry's conservative Christian faith. They do that by looking for people to interview who don't like that faith--at least not in a candidate.
This is shooting ducks in a barrel for the Times. Perry is the kind of politician one often sees in Texas, and much of the rest of the country--and in much of American history--who wears his religion on his sleeve. In Manhattan, however, that is considered dangerous, subversive, and certainly "fundamentalist".
Do you have a sense you've seen this movie before?
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