Some newspapers become obsessed with localizing just for the sake of localizing. Editors will look at something that happened in India and then get their reporters to find local Indian-Americans to comment on the issue. I know first-hand because I have been asked to do these stories in the past.
Similarly, some reporters will take a larger trend and try to apply it to religious groups: “Lots of people are on Facebook—pastors, too!” If you’re seeing a trend, chances are that it’s making waves in religious communities as well. Unfortunately, it’s difficult to take a step further with these kinds of trend stories. Take the pastors who join Facebook. Who cares? What makes them different from another Facebook user?
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