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Walter Duranty also won a Pulitzer for covering up Holodomor in Ukraine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Duranty?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
by AzzieElbab 4y ago
Walter Duranty also won a Pulitzer for covering up Holodomor in Ukraine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Duranty?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Duranty?wprov=sfti1
- stametseater 4y agoIndustry awards are pure wankery, particularly in media/publishing. Why are people so sure such awards confer credibility? Few industries are as self-celebrating as journalism, they shamelessly self-suck: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Dies_in_Darkness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Dies_in_Darkness When industries like this give themselves awards, it's meaningless noise.
- AzzieElbab 4y agobut pultzier was not always an industry award. back in the duranty days washingtone post directly contradicted nyt.
- AzzieElbab 4y agoInteresting. I write many comments I expect to get downvoted. This wasn't one of them. Lots of Holodomor fans here.
- gpvos 4y agoDon't comment about being downvoted. A downvoted comment with substance often will receive compensatory upvotes.
- AzzieElbab 3y agoNot concerned about it, surprised