http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/19267/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/jeremy-peters-dog-whistle-politics-subliminal-crosses-religious-right <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Reporter Jeremy Peters is seeing things: &quot;The 2004 Bush-Cheney campaign used billboards with faint images of crosses. And at the Republican National Convention that year, the lecterns on stage were made of two-tone wood that appeared designed to resemble crosses. The Bush campaign insisted it was a coincidence. Where some people see a rusty water stain, after all, others see the Virgin Mary.&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>New York Times media reporter Jeremy Peters was seeing things in Wednesday's story on secret, 'dog-whistle' religious appeals by GOP candidates past and present: '<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/28/us/politics/republican-hopefuls-pack-religion-into-ads-in-iowa.html?scp=1&sq=bush%20cheney%20billboard%20cross&st=cse">Appealing to Evangelicals, Hopefuls Pack Religion Into Ads</a>.' </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/jeremy-peters-dog-whistle-politics-subliminal-crosses-religious-right" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Christianity Dog-Whistle Gaffes JeremyPeters liberalmediabias NewYorkTimes NewYorkTimesbias Religion SubliminalMessages TimesWatch Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:01:00 +0000 38683 at http://archive2.mrc.org