[Rona Badger]

But New York Times critic, Jon Caramanica, makes no mention of Paul's unmistakable and emphatic praise to Jesus, instead focusing on his family:

But Mr. Paul had been brought low from his perch. He wept openly and embraced his father, and then his wife, who kissed his head nurturingly, as he veered off melody and sometimes stopped singing altogether.

Underdog’s Win Makes the Finale of ‘The Voice’ Feel Right

Would it have been news if the winner praised Allah?

[discostu]

The article doesn’t say anything about what the winner said upon winning. In fact the article barely discusses the winner, it’s about the show itself. People shouldn’t try so hard to be offended. It wasn’t an omission, the article had a completely different focus.