The New York Times must have been jealous that NBC News clinched first place this week for the worst, most egregious reporting on the Covington Catholic fiasco. Because the paper upped its game Wednesday, publishing a cushy profile of the black nationalist cult that helped spark the confrontation last weekend between the Covington teens and Nathan Phillips, a Native American protester.

“Hebrew Israelites See Divine Intervention in Lincoln Memorial Confrontation,” reads the Times’ headline.

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