There might be a reason for that.
They don't have to be the best news channel ever (they aren't), they just have to be better than the others. Chris Matthews. Good grief.
You hear a lot about Wright from alternative news. Not much from the mainstream. The 2008 coverage was when Hillary was pushing the meme, someone a lot of mainstream news Democrats liked (and maybe still do). That shut off quickly once Obama was the candidate.
Just a test: How much did we see about Mormons when Harry Reid was running his tight race in 2010?