NYT Get Pulitzer For Exploring Life of Imam and Mosque, Forgetting To Mention Anti-Jewish Shooting Rampages Thing
The Pulitzers are awarded for journalism so inspirational in its topic and rigor as to be well above the average. It'd be interesting to find out, then, how Andrea Elliott's omission-filled journalistic roadkill was chosen for approbation:
Both the New York Post and the New York Sun have already pounced on the most egregious flaw of omission: not a mention, in 11,000-plus words, of the day in March 1994 when a man walked out of that same Bay Ridge mosque and, inspired by the anti-Jewish sermon of the day (delivered by a different, unidentified imam), armed himself and opened fire on a van carrying Hasidic Jewish children. Ari Halberstam, 16, was killed. The Times series, as it happened, concluded on the 12th anniversary of his death.
First we have Nobel Peace Prizes awarded to people who dedicate themselves to genocidal warfare, and now we have the Pulitzers lauding journalists who do (at best) half-assed journalism. But hey, at least their hearts are in the right place.
References:
* N.Y. Times Pulitzer-Winning Series on Imam Was Panned by Right and Left
Previously:
* Fun with the New York Times Editorial Process (Don't Push/Leave Incomplete/Old Drafts Online Edition)
* New York Times Mourns Loss of Beautiful and Delicate Flower Who Happened to Also Be Palestinian Suicide Bomber
* NYT: Just Because You Were Forced at Gunpoint to Convert To Islam Doesn't Mean You Were Harmed In Any Way
Cross-posted to:
* The Astute Bloggers
