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Hugh Hewitt sees bigotry in the NYT:

The graf in question?

Bishop Jakes, a multimillionaire and best-selling author, is to deliver the
sermon this Friday at the Washington National Cathedral, his office said, where
Mr. Bush will mark a national day of prayer for Hurricane Katrina's
victims.

Hugh's take?

Is there any reason for describing Bishop T.D. Jakes as a "multimillionaire" other than to convey Ms. Bumiller's message that he is not really representative of African-Americans and may not even be legit as a preacher?

Does the Times routinely --or ever-- inject the economic status of Anglo religious leaders into its coverage? If as I suspect it does not, why did Bumiller do so in this piece, and why did her editors not catch it?

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Bumiller... probably didn't have much interaction with African Americans, and her interest in Bishop Jakes' wealth may simply reflect a papmpered elitist's marvel at how a black man could accumulate such coin.

One apparently accurate mention of the man's wealth warrants this kind of response? Idiocy. I marvel that anyone takes this guy seriously anymore.