New York Times, WaPo share Pulitzer for unearthing 'possible' ties between Trump and Russia

The winners of the Pulitzer Prize were announced Monday, so you can believe there’s a lot of media coverage about who won what and a lot of self-congratulation on Twitter.

The New York Times announced in a tweet that it and The Washington Post were sharing the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for coverage that unearthed “possible” ties between Russia and the Trump campaign. That’s not paydirt, but close enough for a prize.

The New York Times shares the Pulitzer in National Reporting with The @WashingtonPost for coverage that unearthed possible ties between Russia and President Trump’s inner circle https://t.co/l4rodIjHy3

— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 16, 2018

Is this like President Barack Obama’s Nobel Prize that he received in advance for the world peace he was bound to achieve?

If you needed a reminder of how much of a joke the Pulitzer Prize is, here you go https://t.co/6wsZykeIyP

— Nick Short (@PoliticalShort) April 16, 2018

Media now celebrating winning Pulitzer’s for reporting on things they can’t prove happened.
Bravo, journalism 2018 https://t.co/3PzZ4asFC8

— Crash (@Boognish12) April 16, 2018

https://twitter.com/JonBrodo/status/985986861674975234

Good Lord. “Coverage that unearthed possible ties..” but still not proven after a year of investigation. Ridiculous. #FakeNews #Pulitzer https://t.co/LTlhQNEoUW

— Kevin Corrigan (@kcluva) April 16, 2018

So fake news won the Pulitzer this year? Unreal. There are so many solid journalists out there on important beats who do real reporting and don't get the recognize they deserve, yet "Trump-Russia" spoon-fed nonsense wins the Pulitzer. https://t.co/nVeVIYZqgW

— Jordan Schachtel (@JordanSchachtel) April 16, 2018

Good grief. Whatever happened to the Pulitzer Prize? How can you have an award for 'investigative journalism' that actually finds out the square root of sod all? Or is it an award for 'best politically-driven smear campaign'? https://t.co/rNqmGz53y1

— mark conway ⛷⛵? (@1markconway) April 16, 2018

https://twitter.com/descarteslover/status/985987008035143681

Sums it up. The perfect #FakeNews prize for the perfect #FakeNews story. https://t.co/HX3B4UniJX

— Diana West (@diana_west_) April 16, 2018

Unearthed my rear… Both of these propaganda rags were leaked all the info they published, true or false… Really!?! #TwilightZone https://t.co/yBSvtrBPIS

— Бутс made for #MAGA ⏳ (@StillUSA1st) April 16, 2018

Being fed leaks by subversive intelligence community officials and laundering them into stories is what qualifies as journalism, apparently. https://t.co/H7OPTLtrYp

— Austin F. ?? (@todayinpol) April 16, 2018

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