Political correctness has reared its ugly head once again at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, this time subtly aimed at the U.S. athletes who hold to a Judeo-Christian faith.

It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that political correctness has infiltrated the Rio Olympics. First it came for 19-year-old Ginny Thrasher when she earned the U.S. its first gold medal of the games in the 10-meter air rifle shooting event. It was an incredible victory for both the U.S. and for Thrasher, who was not favored to win and upset top-ranked competitor Andrea Arsovic, 29, from Serbia and defending champion Siling Yi, 27, from China.

“Now she’s not expected to win gold,” Gutman said. “However, she has already proven herself a winner.”

But the PC police and gun control advocates couldn’t resist jabbing Thrasher for her prowess in her chosen sport.

“LEAST SURPRISING BREAKING NEWS EVER: America’s 1st Olympic Gold Medal is for Shooting. #Thrasher,” tweeted Piers Morgan, a British tabloid journalist.

Then the PC police chose a different tactic, deciding instead to rally around a carefully selected American hero: African-American Muslim fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad.

And what did Muhammad do that was so worthy of praise? She became the first woman representing the U.S. to compete while wearing a hijab. Did she medal at all? Not yet — she was knocked out in the second round of the Women’s Individual Sabre competition. She will advance with the U.S. women’s sabre fencing team to the semifinals round, and it remains to be seen whether or not she will medal.

Nonetheless, the media salivated over her right from the beginning over almost all of the other 554 U.S. athletes because her story fit in with their narrative.

“We have people in the presidential race who are providing a platform for hate speech and fearmongering,” Muhammad had said in an interview prior to the Olympics, according to The Telegraph. “When I hear people here say they want to throw all Muslims back to their country, I think: well, where am I going to go? This is my home. I feel American to my bones.”

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As a result, the media gave Muhammad and her specific faith over 100 times more coverage than they gave to the gold medal-winning Christian and Jewish female gymnasts, according to the results of a study published by the Media Research Center on Friday.

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“Now she’s not expected to win gold,” ABC senior national correspondent Matt Gutman said on August 7 during a segment on “Good Morning America.” “However, she has already proven herself a winner.”

Broadcasting networks spent 22 minutes and 35 seconds celebrating the gymnasts’ gold medal victory and interviewing the girls. Of that coverage, only 0.6 percent of it referred to their Jewish and Christian faiths — even though the women clearly expressed their gratitude for God and His work in their lives and sport.

So how much air time did Muhammad’s Muslim faith earn her in contrast? One minute and 49 seconds of coverage after her crushing loss. The media also shamelessly spent 13 and a half minutes focusing on her Muslim faith, in contrast to the eight seconds spent glossing over the gymnasts’ faith, according to the MRC.

But it shouldn’t come as any surprise that the media are favoring one Muslim fencer’s faith over the faiths of five Judeo-Christian gymnasts. One narrative serves their political purposes of multiculturalism, tolerance and diversity so perfectly, and the other narrative does not.