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The Washington Post wins 2 Pulitzer Prizes for reporting on Russian interference and the Senate race in Alabama (Flash Back!!)
Washington Hoax ^ | 04/18/2018 | Paul Farhi

Posted on 02/26/2020 10:37:10 AM PST by Kid Shelleen

The Washington Post was awarded two Pulitzer Prizes on Monday, capturing journalism’s most prestigious honor for its investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election and for its coverage of the 2017 Senate race in Alabama, in which The Post broke the story of sexual misconduct allegations against the Republican candidate, Roy Moore.

Both sets of stories exposed secret or undisclosed information and altered America’s political landscape. The Post’s revelations about Russia, including contacts between Russian figures and President Trump’s associates and advisers, helped set the stage for the special counsel’s ongoing investigation of the administration. The Moore stories were a factor in changing what had seemed like a certain victory for the Republican candidate.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History
KEYWORDS: alabama; districtofcolumbia; douchejones; dougjones; jeffbezos; pulitzer; pulitzerprize; roymoore; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost
No need to click on the link but reading the story now will emphasize how corrupt the media was and still is. The Times and Post Russia also take credit for:
* Defeating Roy Moore.
* Exposing sexual assault in the entertainment industry.
* Bashing Trump;
Throughout it all, Trump denounced The Post’s and Times’s reporting about Russia as “fake news.”
1 posted on 02/26/2020 10:37:10 AM PST by Kid Shelleen
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To: Kid Shelleen

The Pulitzer Prize has awards for Fiction now?

Who knew?


2 posted on 02/26/2020 10:39:38 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Click my screen name for an analysis on how HIllary wins next November.)
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To: Kid Shelleen

What is this “Russian election interference” they speak of? Is it the handful of facebook posts?


3 posted on 02/26/2020 10:40:42 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Kid Shelleen
Well, Uncle Walter certainly knew a thing or two about winning Pulitzers for fake news.
4 posted on 02/26/2020 10:41:09 AM PST by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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To: Kid Shelleen

PRESStitute Circle Jerk.


5 posted on 02/26/2020 11:17:13 AM PST by LeonardFMason (Lou Dobbs)
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To: OttawaFreeper

Even though the Times never gave back the Pulitzer Prize at least they eventually acknowledged Duranty’s claims were lies and propaganda.


6 posted on 02/26/2020 11:20:06 AM PST by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: Kid Shelleen

“The Post broke the story of sexual misconduct allegations against the Republican candidate, Roy Moore.”

And by “broke” they mean fabricated.


7 posted on 02/26/2020 2:32:16 PM PST by suthener
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