Of course not. And, they will usually be given by people with likes(AGENDA) and dislikes(Politically Incorrect). Many Pulitzer 'journalistic' awards must go, by default, to 'slanted' works. I was quoting a source and providing information about Mr. Hersh's first major journalistic award, for comparison purposes, to the current piece. There was no 'impugnment' of the Pulitzer Prize, per se, intended.