Pulitzer Buzz
Okay, so "news" is stretching it here, but the illustrious Wonkette is circulating rumors about who made the Pulitzer finalist list. Guess what? Two of our own have made the rumor list:
NATIONAL
NYTimes, deadly railroad crossings
WashPost, Abu Ghraib
Oregonian, meth seriesINVESTIGATIVE
NYTimes, fleecing of soldiers
Des Moines, beating the rap
Willamette Week, Goldschmidt
Hey, it's an honor just to rumored to be nominated....
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4:28 p.m.
Mar 3, '05
And moreover, as a rumor, including the tres obscure Willy Week seems a stretch. So maybe there's some truth to it.
Mar 3, '05
The meth series was really good. The cynical side in me thinks they did it for another Pulitzer, but that's just the cynical side.
Mar 4, '05
The Wipe winning a Big Fat PP for exposing the Daddy-O of Oregon Progressivism as a degenerate teeny-bopping brute? Priceless. Not since Judas’ kiss has there been such a betrayal and whatnot. I wonder if Senator Burdick is rooting for ‘em. Or Congressman Earl. What about Senator Walker? Phil Stanford? Robert Landauer? Governor Ted?
Ok, Ok!...I know it’s only speculation and I need to calm down...
Actually, what it would mean for Mr. Stanford is that he and Redden need to get to the bottom of that evil OCD murder-corruption conspiracy once and for all so they can win a Pulitzer for themselves (oh yeah, and maybe free an innocent man).
As for the Oregonian's bored-again-I-am meth marathon - Is an award being given for Best Imitation of Government Propaganda or something this year? If a newspaper wants to investigate a solution to the bathtub gin, er, meth epidemic, they ought to be looking along .
Mar 4, '05
That broken link from above is: http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/feb2005/nf20050228_1996_db013.htm
Mar 4, '05
I liked the meth series. What's more, I think it's more important than the Goldschmidt deal. Sorry, I love WW and will root for them, but the meth issue has much farther reaching implications than tarnishing a former politico. Especially if the feds actually read it and realize that spending oodles of $$ on trying to track down cocaine/heroin and giving very little the the meth trackers is not good policy.
11:30 a.m.
Mar 4, '05
The meth issue may be more important to society, but the Pulitzer isn't about what's important. It's about great journalism.
And Willamette Week's dogged pursuit of the Goldschmidt story was truly a remarkable bit of investigative journalism.
11:42 a.m.
Mar 4, '05
They're not actually competing, so we don't need to identify a best. And in fact, they're not actually nominated--yet. We'll have to wait til April 4 to see how accurate the rumor mill is.
Mar 4, '05
OK, you're right. It's not a competition and we should be pleased to see two local publications make the (we hope) list. I guess I just get tired of all of the Oregonian bashing around here. They screw up a lot, but I don't see the harm in acknowledging when they do a good job. And the meth series, in my mind, was just that.
Mar 4, '05
Still trying to make that link happen.
www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/ dnflash/feb2005/nf20050228_1996_db013.htm
2:01 p.m.
Mar 4, '05
All drugs are not created equal.
While I've long thought that the point made in the Business Week article has some merit, I thought The Oregonian made a good case that there are opportunities to do something about meth that don't necessarily exist for other drugs.
That's a big part of what made that story not just another yadda yadda yadda about drugs.
Mar 4, '05
All drugs are not created equal.
No question about that. And one of the most perverse horrors of drug prohibition, besides establishing the foundation for the modern police state U.S. politicians and law enforcement authorities have come to know and love, is that it has driven people to using substances, like meth, that make the drugs they outlawed to begin with, like cocaine, look like healthy alternatives. The drug war is destroying lives. It is destroying whole swaths of American society. Far from providing a community service, reactionary propaganda like the Oregonian’s series serves merely to prolong the disaster. Rest assured, if they ever do stamp out meth, which is unlikely, something worse will come along and take it’s place. It’s time to declare defeat and regain some sanity.
Mar 5, '05
I follow addiction health journalism. Steve Suo's series was better than a billion dollars worth of Fed. propaganda + research. He did his work, went to the right sources, presented his cases. It's PP material.