Glenn Greewald wrote a column about the media's handling of the Pultzier Prize for investigate reporting. It's an example of 'real' media bias - for themselves.
The Prize was awarded for a NY Times story exposing that the constant use of 'former senior military officials' as purportedly 'independant' commentators to credibly make the case for the Iraq war, were regularly connected without disclosure to the Pentagon working with them on the message to deliver, and/or connections to defense contractors.
The story attacked the media for its use of them without disclosure in this manner.
So, awkward, how to report the Pulitzer Prize that criticzed them?
Oh, go out of their way *not to say a word about it* when reporting the Pulitzers. On any of the networks who were attacked.
Greenwald makes the case very well, as always, against them here.
The Prize was awarded for a NY Times story exposing that the constant use of 'former senior military officials' as purportedly 'independant' commentators to credibly make the case for the Iraq war, were regularly connected without disclosure to the Pentagon working with them on the message to deliver, and/or connections to defense contractors.
The story attacked the media for its use of them without disclosure in this manner.
So, awkward, how to report the Pulitzer Prize that criticzed them?
Oh, go out of their way *not to say a word about it* when reporting the Pulitzers. On any of the networks who were attacked.
Greenwald makes the case very well, as always, against them here.
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