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Trump calls for Pulitzer journalists to be stripped of award
The Washington Post and the New York Times jointly received the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for their coverage about Russian interference in 2016 — now Trump wants it rescinded.
Politics
Former US President Donald Trump called on Monday on the Pulitzer Prize Board to revoke the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting awarded to journalists at The New York Times and Washington Post for their coverage of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
The two newspapers received the award in 2018 “for deeply sourced, relentlessly reported coverage in the public interest that dramatically furthered the nations’ understanding of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and its connections to the Trump campaign, the President-elect’s transition team, and his eventual administration," according to the Pulitzer Committee.
In a letter addressed to Dr. Bud Kliment, interim administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes, Trump said the awards were granted based on false reporting and a "complete lack of evidence." He also said the coverage relied heavily on anonymous sources, meaning "the public was deprived of an independent means of assessing their credibility, their potential for political bias, and the source of their knowledge."
Former US President Donald Trump called on Monday on the Pulitzer Prize Board to revoke the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting awarded to journalists at The New York Times and Washington Post for their coverage of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
The two newspapers received the award in 2018 “for deeply sourced, relentlessly reported coverage in the public interest that dramatically furthered the nations’ understanding of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and its connections to the Trump campaign, the President-elect’s transition team, and his eventual administration," according to the Pulitzer Committee.
In a letter addressed to Dr. Bud Kliment, interim administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes, Trump said the awards were granted based on false reporting and a "complete lack of evidence." He also said the coverage relied heavily on anonymous sources, meaning "the public was deprived of an independent means of assessing their credibility, their potential for political bias, and the source of their knowledge."