Posted on 04/19/2006 6:25:27 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
The Pulitzer awards reflect discontent (Of course discontent with President Bush means that it is okay to give Pulitzer Prizes to a newspaper which lied about the NSA non story while breaking National Security Laws.)
Commentary: By Jon Friedman, MarketWatch Last Update: 12:01 AM ET Apr 19, 2006
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Many awards presentations are accused of being out of touch with the public or even appearing to be popularity contests. But I contend that many of the Pulitzer Prizes, handed out on Monday, accurately reflected the nation's growing discontent with President Bush.
In particular, the awards presented to reporters James Risen and Eric Lichtblau of the New York Times (NYTNew York Times Company as well as editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution could be called a reflection of Bush's declining national approval rating.
Cited for national reporting, Risen and Lichtblau broke the news of the administration's wiretapping program. Priest, winning in the beat-reporting category, was commended for stories about secret prisons and the government's counterterrorism efforts. Luckovich wittily skewered the administration's policies on many occasions.
The wiretapping story seems like the most compelling one of all. It has dominated the Washington talk shows for months and triggered a slew of fascinating sub-plots. The administration has contended that it needed to counter the threat of domestic terrorism while critics have said the program was a blow to civil liberties and reduced individuals' privacy. Awards are like children -- editors, like parents, say publicly that they love them all equally. But I wouldn't be surprised if this one especially pleased the Times hierarchy.
If anything, the Pulitzer vindicates the Times as a hard-hitting and public-spirited news operation. Originally, Times' critics blasted the paper for sitting on the Risen-Lichtblau story, insisting that the newspaper appeared to be timid in the face of the Bush administration's pressure tactics. Some Bush supporters, meanwhile, promptly took the opposite point of view and concluded that the Times had committed a traitorous act by publishing the stories. Considering that this sort of intense red-blue states warfare has been going on since (at least) the 2004 presidential campaigns, it wasn't a surprise that the Times' reporting would further polarize the nation. But that kind of parlor talk should be a secondary point today. For now, the Pulitzer selection committee deserves a big thumbs-up for getting it right this year.
(article excerpted from this point as it goes into other areas.)
So the covers have been pulled back re those who select the Pulizter prizes.
If the maggots lie about President Bush in the Wire Tapping/NSA story or the Katrina fiasco, that becomes Pulitzer Prize material.
Now this maggot is defending that bias as great reporting.
This should get your creative response juices flowing this morning.
fyi
Now we know how to become a Pulitzer prize liar er reporter.
Break national security laws and then lie about what was done. Bash Bush and get the NY Slimes to publish your creation, and shazam, a Pulitzer Prize is yours.
I guess for the sociopaths, lying, bashing bush, distorting the truth, not reporting the facts, gets them awards...so,why should they stop?
There are no repurcussions.
MarketWatch and CNNfn: Birds of a Feather.
Example:
How many Pulitzers do Maureen Dowd and Thomas Friedman have?
How many Pulitzers does Mark Steyn have?
QED!
I guess for the sociopaths, lying, bashing bush, distorting the truth, not reporting the facts, gets them awards...so,why should they stop?
There are no repurcussions.
The Pulitzers should be renamed the Politically Correct Awards.
The illuminati showing "discontent" is just further evidence that Bush is doing the right things.
I didn't see your addenum. :)
Thanks. Chair-to-keyboard interface problem!
fyi and ping lists.
To get a Pulizter Award, one has to be creative and print lies bashing President Bush.
I am quite sure that Pulitzers are always, always awarded to the best lies. If Walter Duranty can win one while covering up Stalin's murder of 7 to 13 million Ukrainians, what more needs to be said?
"I am quite sure that Pulitzers are always, always awarded to the best lies. If Walter Duranty can win one while covering up Stalin's murder of 7 to 13 million Ukrainians, what more needs to be said?"
Excellent! The Pulizter awards the liars and millions die!
We now know that the press was lying - flat-out, bald-faced lying - when they expressed concerns that the "outing" of Valerie Plame had compromised national security and that leaks which compromise national security are unconscionable. I repeat, they were lying, day in and day out. The Pulitzer prizes for the wiretapping story and the secret prison story prove without a doubt that the news media care not a whit for national security, about illegal leaks, or anything other than their own political agendas.
He also believes the press has the right to print stories (lies?) compromising national security and the safety of our troops at war. My contempt for these cretins is beyond description.
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