I don't think it's reporting on a divide - more like trying to create one by finding extreme examples of each side and pointing out how they don't agree on very controversial issues. Most atheists I know are very polite & respectful. I'm an atheist and outside of my friends.. unless someone asks I don't mention it. I still go to church with my family twice a year as part of the tradition. I'm not militant or attacking them for having their beliefs. Nor are the religious people I know trying to impose their beliefs on others. That's only coming from the far-right religious extremists who want to convert everyone into thinking and behaving just like them and run the country to their own standards & morals.