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DamianTV
04-15-2014, 03:40 PM
http://news.slashdot.org/story/14/04/15/0315247/guardian-and-wapo-receive-pulitzers-for-snowden-coverage


Late Yesterday, the Pulitzer Prize board announced (PDF) the 2014 Pulitzer Prize winners. The public service prize was awarded to the Guardian and the Washington Post. The Washington Post was given the award for its role in revealing widespread surveillance by the NSA, "...marked by authoritative and insightful reports that helped the public understand how the disclosures fit into the larger framework of national security," and the Guardian for sparking "...a debate about the relationship between the government and the public over issues of security and privacy." Snowden released a statement praising the Pulitzer board:

"Today's decision is a vindication for everyone who believes that the public has a role in government. We owe it to the efforts of the brave reporters and their colleagues who kept working in the face of extraordinary intimidation, including the forced destruction of journalistic materials, the inappropriate use of terrorism laws, and so many other means of pressure to get them to stop what the world now recognizes was work of vital public importance. This decision reminds us that what no individual conscience can change, a free press can. "

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mad cow
04-15-2014, 06:22 PM
Yay,we have a fourth!We can play Bridge!

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?449718-WashPost-and-Guardian-win-Pulitzers-for-publishing-2-of-NSA-revelations

Maybe we could all sit together at the same table in the cafeteria?

Or form a gang!

Snew
04-15-2014, 06:23 PM
Now give Ed the Peace Prize.