April 27, 2006

Oh THAT Pulitzer

The Pulitzer is a joke. Always has been. It's the journalism equivalent of the Academy Award. No, worse. It's the journalism equivalent of the Daytime Emmys.

Like the Oscar or the Emmy, it is simply an in-house award. The Oscar & Emmy represent what Hollywood think, not what America thinks. Or did you actually believe most Americans are impressed with gay cowboys as art?

The Pulitzer represents what the media thinks about itself. It's a pat on the back to reporters who report what other reporters want to hear.

It is masturbation. No, it's a circle jerk. Nothing more, nothing less.

So, why is it that Dana Priest got a Pulitzer for doing nothing more than report what had been reported before? Previous reports had not seemed to hurt the Republican administration, her's did.

Can the Pulitzer committee be so crass as to use a political calculus for determining worthy recipients? You. Bet. Your. Ass.

This is the Pulitzer committee. These are who they give the Pulitzer to: Pulitzer Prize Given to Terrorists

Color me unsurprised.

By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at 01:02 PM | |