OpenCdA has long suspected that the Coeur d’Alene Press skews paper’s publisher and editor are little more than parrots.   A parrot is a pet bird that can be taught to appear to speak by mimicking its owner’s or handler’s voice.

We saw pretty conclusive evidence confirming our suspicion in the April 18, 2016, Press “news” article headlined Democrats:  Don’t support Kunishiga [sic] for sheriff.  Coeur d’Alene resident Tina Kunishige is a Democrat candidate for Kootenai County Sheriff in the November 2016 election.

Read the linked Press article closely.  Including the headline, candidate Kunishige’s surname  has been misspelled five times.  Not once in the article was it spelled correctly.

Now read a letter to the editor attributed to Paula Neils, Chair, Kootenai County Democrats.  It’s in the April 20, 2016, Press.  It is headlined SHERIFF:  Non-support for Kunishiga [sic].   Including the letter’s headline, candidate Kunishige’s surname was misspelled four times.  Not once in the letter was it spelled correctly.

Looking beyond the misspellings, compare the words and sentence structure in both the “news” article and the letter to the editor.

Neils speaks — Patrick parrots.