Pollster Frank Luntz, moderating a press conference for presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, asked the assembled press corps, 60-70 strong how many attend church or synagogue once a week. A hand count of 9 said they did. See the story at Newsbusters.
Okay, some were too shy to answer, others were lying, but it's probably safe to conclude the number of the observant among the press is on the order of 1 in 6 or 1 in 7. I don't find that unusual or exceptional.
From other sources we know most of the working press are Democrats, probably admitted SJWs most of them. Today's Democrat party isn't a congenial home for many sincere religious believers so the response level is no surprise.
You may be thinking this is a "dog bites man" story, not news. On the other hand, I'd bet you might find similar numbers in other occupations, like police officer or truck driver, which tend to skew Republican.
With respect to religion, the U.S. is evolving in the same direction as Europe, although religion isn't as far down the pathway to irrelevancy here as it is there. Non-coincidentally, degrees of religious commitment and birth rates seem to move in tandem, rising or dropping together. Understanding why this is true is, for now, beyond us although many have speculated on causality.
