then there's commonwealth open university. a phd costs about $3500. sees accrediting considers a phd nothing short of a phoney degree. >> if i get a degree from commonwealth open university, is that worth the paper it's written on? >> highly unlikely. that is, an employer should want confirmation of the legitimacy of the degree. they would have trouble getting it. >> the degree didn't raise red flags for three professors in the criminal justice department at the university of the district of columbia. the phd's earned the professors a bump in salary. angelyn and is director of the master's degree program, earned her phd from commonwealth open university, so did sinclair, an assistant professor in criminal justice, and margaret moore, who once ran the department. >> it's very serious. i worked hard for my first degree and i'm shocked. >> the school in the british virgin islands has no website. the university claims to be accredited by the school for advanced schools on global education and distance learning and told fox 5, no course is going to be accre

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and it's to stop and protect a university like this and those who are part of it from having to make these huge payouts. >> bill: commonwealthsylvania now. i mean their tax money is going to go to these boys and they are men now who were molested. okay? that university is shot penn state is not coming back not athletically or in the court of public opinion, all right? they are done. it's such a disaster it is almost beyond comprehension, last word? >> i think the report put it best when it said that these guys were concerned about the university and about the molester but never demonstrated any concern for the child victim. until an arrest was made. >> bill: i will go a step further they were concerned about themselves. they knew that -- paterno knew he hired sandusky and the others knew this was it and they didn't want the scrutiny on themselves. we are going it hold ms. megyn over bring her back in a little while to talk about the stop police and frisk program. racial overtones. later, lou dobbs on a florida police officer arrested three times but the city he worked for can't fire the guy. those reports after these message