NYT out to get Obama?

It seems that the New York Times is out to get Senator Obama, it has a story concerning a friend of the Senator who is in some legal trouble. The NYT states that ' There is no sign that Mr. Obama, who declined to be interviewed for this article, did anything improper. ' On the whole it seems a non story so why print it, is the NYT so supportive of Hillary Clinton that it wants to remove her only real challenger from the political field.