pulitzer standards dropping

the pulitzer prize were awarded, and pretty much no one outside the industry really cares. slate recycles jack shafer's critique of the insider-y nature of the pulitzers

the new orleans times-picayune won a pulitzer for its katrina coverage. while the staff must be lauded for its stalwart coverage, the paper's coverage included, as blog sweetness & light reminds, some questionable urban myths that the MSM unskeptically reported (my NO mayor post goes over more)

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