Crossed Over

The New York Times has discovered that religious people wear crosses:

"This is real. People wear crosses and the NYT is ON IT," responded commentator Mary Katharine Ham. "So new that everybody's nana has worn one since forever... Also every Italian guy I know," replied education activist Erika Sanzi. "The fact that this piece got through the Times's editorial process without anyone saying, 'um ... guys?' shows exactly why the press always seems so clueless about the country it is supposed to cover," said Charles C.W. Cooke of National Review. "When it comes to investigative reporting can anything top the NewYorkTimes discovery that people wear crosses around their necks," asked former columnist Patrick Goldstein. "The author probably doesn't know a single person who wears one, which is why it's treated as a novelty," said Tom Bevan of RealClearPolitics. "Good editing means avoiding publishing things which will embarrass your publication and everybody who works there," said another critic. "In certain bizarrely isolated contexts, public displays of religiosity (even something as common as cross necklaces) are so *uncommon* that they become successful pitches for New York Times stories," responded professor Charlie Camosy.

Next thing you know, they'll find out that Christians (and Catholics) read the Bible, too...