Posted by The Dean of Cincinnati

While exploring the Freedom Center’s website for this recent article, I came across a link designed to connect potential volunteers with area agencies who can benefit from such work.  But I noticed the link took me to a different web address, even though the design of the Freedom Center’s site remained in tact. 

See for yourself.  Follow this link, and you’ll notice it’s not hosted at “freedomcenter.org,” but through “shopatcincinnati.com.” So what is “shopatcincinnati.com”?

There is nothing at the home page shopatcincinnati.com.  But a Google search on the domain yielded interesting results.  For example, this page, branded with The Enquirer’s logo, is the same interface as The Freedom Center’s for linking volunteers with agencies.  So even when the Center appears to do something in its community, it’s really just riding the back of a pre-existing interface at The Enquirer. 

Here’s another version, branded again by The Enquirer (along with The Post and Cincinnati.com).

This shopatcincinnati.com page will allow you to buy Enquirer subscriptions. 

This address— http://www.shopatcincinnati.com/newsletter/tipsheet.asp—will redirect to a “Tip Sheet” for Cincinnati.com.

So it’s really no surprise that the registrant contact at the WhoIs registry for shopatcincinnati.com is The Enquirer.  But I did find it noteworthy that the registry details for freedomcenter.org show people with addresses at 312 Elm Street (The Enquirer building), and not 50 East Freedom Way (the actual address for the museum). 

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