It’s mind-boggling to me.
How Frum Jews look at a two non-jewish people.
Both are confirmed liars.
Both are have documented problems with taavos nushim
One is pro-morality that explictly rejects G-d.
The other embraces G-d
And because the NYT run by assimilated Jews decides that the who who is explicitly anti morality is more “moral”, decide the NYT is correct.
Personally I have a rule of thumb.
One the ethicist of CNN & the NYT declare something is “morally” superior it means than it is usually morally repugnant.