[Background:  The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, President Obama's pastor for 20 years at the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, has a long history of what even Obama's campaign aides conceded is "inflammatory rhetoric," including the assertion that the U.S. brought on the 9/11 attacks with its own "terrorism." Wright preached that blacks should not sing "God Bless America" but "God damn America."  Rev. Wright married Obama and his wife Michelle, baptized their two daughters and is credited by Obama for the title of his book, "The Audacity of Hope."  Obama resigned as a member of Trinity United Church at the end of May 2008.]

1.  Read the excerpt below.  Why do you think NBC News did not also produced  "an hour about the religion that has played a very important role in shaping who Barack Obama is"?  Explain your answer.

2.  Partisan bias is bias that favors one political party over another.  Do you agree with Mr. Taranto's implication that NBC News displays partisan bias in producing "an hour about the religion that has played a very important role in shaping who [Mitt Romney] is" but not doing the same for President Obama's church?  Explain your answer.