No one is saying that there is anything wrong with the Univision/Clinton partnership. Univision has proved it can be an independent-minded network; it has aired investigative reports on the “Fast & Furious” gun trafficking scandal, and hosted both pro- and anti-immigration reform voices in its news programming. Clinton has been an advocate for early childhood education for many years. However, when powerful political forces join up, the public needs to know all the details. More transparency would bolster the credibility of both Univision and Hillary Clinton — and serve each of them well.

Univision and Clinton may simply be pursuing their mutual goals. No fault there — so far as we know. But we may never know until the press begins to cover this as it would any other story involving Clinton, as potential news. There’s no accounting for the lack of media interest in the Univision/Clinton partnership, other than the fact that mainstream journalists do not take Univision seriously.

That needs to change.