The winners of the Pulitzer Prize were announced Monday, so you can believe there’s a lot of media coverage about who won what and a lot of self-congratulation on Twitter.
The New York Times announced in a tweet that it and The Washington Post were sharing the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for coverage that unearthed “possible” ties between Russia and the Trump campaign. That’s not paydirt, but close enough for a prize.
The New York Times shares the Pulitzer in National Reporting with The @WashingtonPost for coverage that unearthed possible ties between Russia and President Trump’s inner circle https://t.co/l4rodIjHy3
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 16, 2018
Is this like President Barack Obama’s Nobel Prize that he received in advance for the world peace he was bound to achieve?
If you needed a reminder of how much of a joke the Pulitzer Prize is, here you go https://t.co/6wsZykeIyP
— Nick Short (@PoliticalShort) April 16, 2018
Media now celebrating winning Pulitzer’s for reporting on things they can’t prove happened.
Bravo, journalism 2018 https://t.co/3PzZ4asFC8— Crash (@Boognish12) April 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/JonBrodo/status/985986861674975234
Good Lord. “Coverage that unearthed possible ties..” but still not proven after a year of investigation. Ridiculous. #FakeNews #Pulitzer https://t.co/LTlhQNEoUW
— Kevin Corrigan (@kcluva) April 16, 2018
For 'possible ties',… an award in search of a story. https://t.co/KpRLv9zgZC
— Sasha Dix (@SashaDix) April 16, 2018
"Possible ties" is the bar to win a Pulitzer https://t.co/PUDPhIDfep
— Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) April 16, 2018
@nytimes Wow that's something! "Unearthed possible ties", such a high standard to attain. Quite possibly a spectacular achievement. https://t.co/SROWg4KbmJ
— Polarice1984 (@polarice1984) April 16, 2018
A Pulitzer for unearthing “possible” ties… !!! Journalism prize for speculation. #Bullitzer more like https://t.co/v1mrzcBJrw
— Dinos (@SitDownDino) April 16, 2018
Has #Journalism officially jumped the Shark? A #PulitzerPrize for a story about “possible” events? https://t.co/ckSOHYng0Z
— Mark E Greene (@MarkEGreene) April 16, 2018
If your coverage is so great, why is it still "POSSIBLE ties"? https://t.co/a9cRbPrBPK
— Currently between fraudulent suspensions (@jtLOL) April 16, 2018
Unearthed “POSSIBLE” ties.
I wish I won awards for “possibly” doing shit.#RussianCollusion #Russiagate https://t.co/MJvzCVDj6t
— CoRnRaDe (@p0liticaluncle) April 16, 2018
After all these years of articles on "possible" alien abductions, the National Enquirer has truly been robbed. #PulitzerPrize https://t.co/Gi7Yx8Siio
— JB (@JRBachman) April 16, 2018
So Pulitzer has an award for fiction now? https://t.co/e83VXH92O7
— Rob O'Donnell (@odonnell_r) April 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/ConStrong66/status/985995668039897088
They literally got an award for pointing out something that might be true. J O U R N A L I S M. https://t.co/iWQm7O6fQf
— Ben (@xxxbentacion69) April 16, 2018
Who knew you could win a Pulitzer on “possible” facts. Wow. Pretty much gave the thumbs up for acceptance of propaganda! https://t.co/PjJ0B1sBbm
— KayR (@Kellyring) April 16, 2018
So fake news won the Pulitzer this year? Unreal. There are so many solid journalists out there on important beats who do real reporting and don't get the recognize they deserve, yet "Trump-Russia" spoon-fed nonsense wins the Pulitzer. https://t.co/nVeVIYZqgW
— Jordan Schachtel (@JordanSchachtel) April 16, 2018
Good grief. Whatever happened to the Pulitzer Prize? How can you have an award for 'investigative journalism' that actually finds out the square root of sod all? Or is it an award for 'best politically-driven smear campaign'? https://t.co/rNqmGz53y1
— mark conway ⛷⛵? (@1markconway) April 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/descarteslover/status/985987008035143681
Sums it up. The perfect #FakeNews prize for the perfect #FakeNews story. https://t.co/HX3B4UniJX
— Diana West (@diana_west_) April 16, 2018
Unearthed my rear… Both of these propaganda rags were leaked all the info they published, true or false… Really!?! #TwilightZone https://t.co/yBSvtrBPIS
— Бутс made for #MAGA ⏳ (@StillUSA1st) April 16, 2018
Being fed leaks by subversive intelligence community officials and laundering them into stories is what qualifies as journalism, apparently. https://t.co/H7OPTLtrYp
— Austin F. ?? (@todayinpol) April 16, 2018
Related:
James Comey just confirmed the New York Times printed FAKE NEWS https://t.co/3D0XMYY1yi
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 9, 2017
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