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Why Isn't The Press Covering Clinton For-Profit University Scheme?

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Corruption: No doubt you've heard all about Donald Trump and the 
defunct Trump University. The big media have been all over that 
"scandal." But what about Bill Clinton, Hillary's husband, and 
the Laureate International Universities? There's been a virtual 
blackout in the mainstream press.

We won't bore you with the Trump flap because chances are you've 
seen countless news clips on it or read pieces in your local 
paper about it. Serious questions were raised about the 
propriety of  Trump University, an online real estate school. 
Fair enough.

But what about Laureate  International Universities? Haven't 
heard of those?

President Clinton in his retirement years affiliated himself 
with the Laureate Network, described as the "world's largest for-
profit university network." It has a lot of big-money investors, 
mostly Democratic Party supporters: Henry Kravis, George Soros, 
Steve Cohen and Paul Allen.

But serious allegations have been raised over just how 
legitimate the "universities" affiliated with the Laureate 
Network are.

As George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley 
wrote recently: "Laureate Education has been sued over such 
programs as its Walden University Online offering, which many 
have alleged is a scam designed to bilk students of tens of 
thousands of dollars for degrees."

He added: "Students say that they were repeatedly delayed and 
given added costs as they tried to secure degrees, leaving them 
deeply in debt."

Does that sound like a legitimate organization? It reeks of a 
bait-and-switch academic scheme to us, playing off the 
desperation of young people who are seeking academic credentials.

Now here's the kicker: Former President Bill Clinton is the 
"honorary" chancellor of Laureate International, the parent of 
Walden and other online schools of its ilk.

We're not sure what he does for his title, but we do know it's 
been extraordinarily lucrative. According to Inside Higher 
Education, Clinton received "an obscene" $16.5 million in pay 
from 2010 to 2014 for working as a glorified pitchman for the 
enterprise. Apparently, the money-backers thought that having a 
former U.S. president as their public face would give everything 
a patina of respectability.

There are a number of troubling things about this.

First off, along with the Clinton Foundation, this adds to the 
pattern of highly suspicious global business dealings conducted 
by the Clinton family during Hillary's tenure as secretary of 
state.

As Turley, who did much of the reportorial spadework on the 
story, notes, "The size of this payment ... raises obvious 
concerns as to what the company was seeking to achieve and 
whether Laureate received any benefit from the association with 
the State Department given its massive international operations."

Second, and perhaps more troubling, is the media's apparent lack 
of interest in anything that would serve to call into question 
Hillary Clinton's candidacy. As of June 2, Michael Bargo of the 
American Thinker points out, "no stories exist online since 
2014." It's almost as if the media have officially silenced any 
news about it, and will only report it grudgingly, if at all, to 
maintain a semblance of fairness.

No doubt Hillary benefited from the big paychecks her hubby took 
home for speechifying and serving as "honorary" chancellor of an 
ethically questionable chain of universities. This fact adds to 
the growing list of ethical questions about her past behavior.

The next time the media get all in a lather about Trump 
University, maybe they'll give equal coverage to the curious 
Clinton college caper. And if you believe that, we have an 
advanced online master's degree in gullibility to sell you.

http://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/hillary-clinton-
scandal-why-isnt-media-covering-clinton-for-profit-university-
scheme/
    

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