Why the Biggest Investigative News Journalism Story In Years Won’t Get Covered — Sinking News Ships Look to Profiteering From Education To Lift Them Into New Markets
The biggest investigative news journalism story in years — the wholesale attempt by the Gates, Broad, DeVos, and Walton Foundations and others to privatize K-12 public schools — won’t be reported as widely as it should. Why?
Consider this: what has the Washington Post’s coverage of Kaplan U.’s for-profit college Pell Grant scam been like? Anemic? In 2010, the Post’s own ombudsman wrote,
Consider this: what has the Washington Post’s coverage of Kaplan U.’s for-profit college Pell Grant scam been like? Anemic? In 2010, the Post’s own ombudsman wrote,
Whether in stories or editorials about Kaplan, The Post has properly noted its self-interest.
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Disclosure is one thing, but depth of news coverage is another.
In recent weeks, lengthy stories by competitors have reported damning allegations about Kaplan.