So, for "balance," the Review-Journal gives plenty of paragraphs in its President Obama coverage to opposition.

Except, the balance tips the scales way over.

First of all the paper does a complete sidebar focusing on remarks Sharron Angle made to a Libertarian convention in town. http://www.lvrj.com/news/angle-declares-nevada-and-nation--going-in-the-wrong-direction--under-current-leadership-98050024.html

And, no surprise here, Laura Myers' article about Angle contains just three graphs at the very end of the article to offset Angle's positions and statements.

By comparison, the article about Obama's event for Sen. Harry Reid had six graphs of direct opposition, not including the four graphs (from 4-8 high in the story) that detail Angle's new ad against Reid.  http://www.lvrj.com/news/obama-pledges-a--bright-future--for-las-vegas--state-at-reid-rally-98083019.html

Fairness is fine. A graph explaining the protest across the street and a second quoting a protester is fine.

But the RJ has shown its lack of fairness by putting protest from Angle high up in the story and giving her an entire free piece of her own. In fact, online, the story you see first is the Angle one.

For the record -- the Angle story has three graphs of "opposition." The Obama story has seven graphs of "opposition," the bulk of it before the jump.

The RJ also largely avoided the main political reason for the location, CityCenter. Myers didn't even mention the rousing intro speech by new pitbull, Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani.

We understand the RJ thinks it can cover the Senate race with just one reporter. Fine. It would've been better if Myers had done a straight piece saying Obama told thousands of Nevada supporters the country is moving in the right direction and Angle told 1,000 out-of-towners that the country's going in the wrong direction.

That's fairness. And it's what you'll never find in the RJ.

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Also today there's a curious story about a new Rory Reid ad. Curious because there's no link to the ad online. http://www.lvrj.com/news/rory-reid-gets--tough-in-ads-on-state-education-98095384.html

When Ben Spillman does this lengthy story about the aggressive testosterone-fueled ad as a political departure it leaves the reader wanting to see it for his or herself. Of course the RJ doesn't understand the Internet enough to know that an online story about a video would be better if readers could also see the video.

Maybe they can't because Rory Reid is a Democrat and the paper doesn't want to showcase his bid for governor in any way.

The RJ didn't really spell out the heart of Obama's speech --- which was designed to say America is heading in the right direction after nearly a decade of failed economic policies that led to the worst recession since the Great Depression. That angle wasn't covered well by Myers.

But over on the edit page, we have the glorious headline: "Welcome back, Mr. President Your Economic Policies Suck." http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/welcome-back--mr--president-98095489.html

Whatever happened to the power of true discourse on the editorial page. The RJ proves its nasty tone carries the day once again.

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Today there's another business story correction that shows once again how well the paper covers the worst economic crisis in Nevada history.

"A story in Wednesday's Business section incorrectly reported that Barcelone and Renaissance III shopping centers are in foreclosure or receivership."

Leave it to Hubble Smith to screw it up, again.