Now that the Heimlich medical scandals have made national prime time news, The Enquirer decided to write about it for the first time in over a decade.  Just last year, for example, they had a perfect opportunity to expose the drowning frauds—after they got called to task for reporting medically unsound advice at the beginning of swimming season.  But instead, The Enquirer was silent—refusing to write about this Cincinnati story until 20/20 aired their feature last night.  And then, all The Enquirer did was publish a summary of the program.

In today’s story, Enquirer reporter Quan Truong wrote:

It’s interesting how The Enquirer treats the drowning issue here.  For today’s article—written with the knowledge that many readers will have seen the 20/20 report—the issue of how the maneuver is controversial for near drowning is listed like it’s obvious.

But last year, when The Enquirer tried to update it’s erroneous pool safety graphic, they missed their chance to do some real reporting on this story.

And I guess that’s the most shocking thing here—even today, The Enquirer does not include any actual reporting.  Why does it take a national broadcast news program to tell a Cincinnati story?  Henry Heimlich is a world famous Cincinnati man.  This is a Cincinnati story.  But Cincinnati’s major daily paper cannot ever get it right.

It’s like the article today is just a feeble attempt at saving face given the national attention on the story—as if they can now act like the story is something they covered, when they should have been there all along, with new and original material.

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