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Saturday, June 12, 2021

Critics slam Pulitzer Prize after NY Times honored for coronavirus coverage: 'Award has lost all meaning'

Brian Flood By Brian Flood | Fox News

The New York Times received the Pulitzer Prize in the public service category Friday for its coronavirus coverage, but many critics feel the award "has lost all meaning" after going to the liberal newspaper.

"The Pulitzer Prize has become just another incestuous left-wing institution that awards its friends and ignores merit," Spectator Washington editor Amber Athey told Fox News. 

The paper has had a rocky few years from a public relations standpoint, with negative headlines ranging from ex-opinion editor Bari Weiss leaving the paper because she said colleagues bullied her to the debacle surrounding an op-ed by Republican Sen. Tom Cotton that resulted in the editorial page editor resigning amid internal outrage. While the paper has generated plenty of negative publicity, some of the Times’ recent gaffes are directly related to the coronavirus coverage it’s being honored for...........To Read More.....

 

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