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Cincinnati biz media ignore bank lawsuit; Relationships to blame?

The Cincinnati Beacon, the alternative newspapers in the Ohio city, reports that the Cincinnati Enquirer business desk and the Cincinnati Business Courier failed to report on a lawsuit involving Fifth Third Bank, a major bank in the city.

The Beacon notes that both publications have business ventures with the bank.

The Beacon item states, “So here we have an alt-weekly with an emphasis on culture and entertainment reporting a story about one of Cincinnati’s major corporations being involved in a class action lawsuit, while the major papers in charge of business reporting are silent.  Furthermore, it turns out each of these papers have joint ventures in which they collaborate with the subject of the suit, 5/3 bank.

“What kind of lawsuits do make the pages of The Enquirer or The Business Courier?  Cranes.  (Read here, or here.)”

Read more here.

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