Fair and balanced solar power article in the Las Vegas Sun?

I suppose I wouldn't have noticed what appears to be a pro-Clinton, or make that pro-Clintons slant to a seemingly innocuous Las Vegas Sun article about solar power, had the Nevada Democratic Caucuses not occurring less than a month from now.

But notice it I did.

Here are the opening four sentences of Phoebe Sweet's article:

Bill Clinton predicted it.

The Nevada Development Authority has promised it.

Solar power developers are praying for it.

Now some experts say it's nearly here: a new clean-energy economy for Southern Nevada.

Yes, Ms. Sweet's editors may have cut portions of her article on how and when Bill Clinton predicted the solar energy boom for Nevada, but since there Democrats will be reporting to caucuses in the Silver State on January 19, the piece could have been written a little differently. And more fairly.

Not in name, but clearly Bill and Hillary Clinton are running, at least as far as HRC's campaign message, as another "two for one blue plate special."

Sweet's article seems to be written to serve as a subtle boost to Ms. Clinton's presidential effort, subliminally perhaps, but journalists, opinion columnists excepted, are supposed to avoid that.

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