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On Easter Sunday, Celebrating Obama's Speech from the Pulpit -- and in the NYT

By Clay Waters | March 24, 2008 - 15:15 ET

The New York Times continues to glorify Barack Obama for the speech he delivered on race, eager to help Obama not only move on from Wright, but to paint the whole affair in lambent tones, while suggesting GOP presidents including Reagan went "under cover" and used code words to promote racial strife and win elections.

The latest brushwork is on display on the front page of the Times's Sunday Week in Review, a story by Janny Scott, "Talk About Race."

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