That's because they wanted to generate a political controversy to talk about. On a list that includes the likes of Brad Pitt, Penelope Cruz and Zac Efron among others, Romney was correct.
the media are trying to play got ya and lets see them fight amongst themselves and sadly some buy the media crap
divide and conquer is what the media is doing, twist words and have them go at each other to make a story.
so long as the media keeps doing this and the sheep believe their tactic then the lefts/media agenda world all the time