The Cincinnati Enquirer doesn't care about academic fraud

Sad, but true, there are at least two cases of very prominent Cincinnati personalities who have been caught lying about their academic records, and in both cases, the Cincinnati Enquirer ignored the story.

The first blatant example goes back to 2006, during the GOP primary race between Jean Schmidt and Bob McEwen. Schmidt was caught red-handed in a lie about having two college degrees. She was later blasted by the Ohio Election Commission for her unethical behavior. And while the Enquirer covered the facts surrounding the OEC's findings, they refused to break the story in the midst of the election cycle. They spiked it and 700WLW ended up with the scoop.

Still, Schmidt won the race, largely because the Enquirer ho-hummed the entire affair.

The second story is well documented below, but again, the Enquirer totally ignored the entire story. Not a word was published about Phil Cox's proven academic fraud (and other dubious claims, such as getting shot while guarding Nixon as a secret service agent).

Instead, the Enquirer seems to endorse outlandish academic claims as long as they come from women and minorities.

It should be noted that a lot of the investigative work on both of the cases - both Jean Schmidt and Phil Cox - was done by a Cincinnati Private Investigator firm called Accelerated Solutions. Without their hard work and ability to get information, none of this stuff would have ever come to light.