As a matter of intellectual honesty, you surely can’t believe that Old Media has looked the other way on Mitt Romney being a Mormon. Google “Maureen Dowd” plus “Mitt Romney” as just one example, but do it on an empty stomach.
Mostly because they are waiting until he is the nominee. There is a difference between referencing the one Dowd piece and what the other poster mentioned. Huckabee and Santorum are referenced in virtually EVERY article, tv news piece and internet post as Pastor or social right winger or whatever term fits the moment to spread the message that each is some sort of out-of-step loony zealot. They are not doing this to Romney...at least not yet. If he moves on the general, we will get a heavy dose of Mormon paranoia from the media.