Is Us Weekly using its seven-figure circulation to launch a war against Hillary Clinton? That's the charge the New York Times is alleging given all the fawning Janice Min's tab has been doing over Barack Obama.

(The story comes two days after the Times admitted it got beat by another gossip charge, Matt Drudge, about the Prince Harry story, which the paper of record was completely in the dark about.)

Nevermind that Obama wouldn't answer an Us reporter's "Boxers or briefs?" question — Min & Co. totally have it in the bag for Barack, just like the rest of the media. How else to explain the tabloid's "Just like us" treatment with the presidential hopeful; here he is buying groceries, here he is playing with babies, here he is restoring America's good name abroad and providing health care for all Americans.

The Times' Richard Perez-Pena points to corporate cousin Rolling Stone, which ran an Obama feature last year but hasn't yet covered Clinton, as evidence of potential bias.

There's also some, uh, more concrete evidence, which Michael Calderone points to, like identifying the campaign Jann Wenner is donating to.