Smearrrrrr..... a little early?

Don't miss this morning's lead article in the Northwest Herald. It must have been a slow news day.

Instead of hammering away on the gross error, and possible illegal act, by Undersheriff Andy Zinke, when he revealed a confidential DEA investigation to Brian Goode, president of RITA Corporation, the Northwest Herald chose to adopt a strategy in use by some deputies at the Sheriff's Department.

The law enforcement motto is "To protect and to serve".

Some say that this really means, "To protect and to serve us (meaning the deputies)" or that it means "to deflect and swerve."

The Northwest Herald, through its headline "Officer's lawyer tied to candidate" and its Page 1 article, tries to attach some importance to matters completely unrelated to Zinke's improper disclosure of a DEA investigation and today's court hearing.

So what if Jim Harrison went to law school with Jonathon Nye? A lot of students went to John Marshall Law School and became lawyers. A lot of them have stayed in the Chicagoland area.

And so what if Nye handled Harrison's divorce in 2001?

Recently the Northwest Herald came out with an edition on pink paper.

Today's should have been on yellow paper.

Let's ask Keith Nygren, "Are you still beating your wife?" Answer Yes or No. No, no explanation of the question is needed. Just answer it. Are you? Or are you not?

Pretty stupid question, right?

Or maybe asking a Northwest Herald reporter why he or she was in a bank before it was robbed? The fact that the reporter might have been in the bank 11 years earlier to make a deposit? Oh, that doesn't matter. The bank was robbed after the reporter was in the bank. Therefore ???

Today's hearing is about Zinke. That's the story!