Pair want reporter's Pulitzer for '45 story on A-bomb revoked

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Pair want reporter's Pulitzer for '45 story on A-bomb revoked

NEW YORK (Kyodo) Two journalists in New York said Tuesday they want a Pulitzer Prize awarded to a New York Times reporter for his coverage of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki revoked, saying he was employed by the U.S. War Department when he wrote his articles.

As a New York Times reporter, William L. Laurence was given the prestigious U.S. award in 1946 for his eyewitness account of the bombing of Nagasaki and a series of 10 articles on the development, production and significance of the atomic device.

Amy Goodman, host of the national radio and TV program "Democracy Now!" and her brother, David, a contributing writer to Mother Jones magazine, are hoping other journalists will follow their lead in asking the board to revoke the prize.

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Lori Price

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1. I would love to see it revoked!

Laurence didn't report his eyewitness accounts--he lied for the government. He minimized the effects of the bombings so that no one here would know what was really happening. There shouldn't be an award for that.

[burrowowl]

2. Thou sayest it!

And the real reporting wasn't released until now.

[K-W]

3. Amy is going to the Pulitzer office this afternoon.

She mentioned it on Democracy Now.

[tabasco]

4. Any chance to get Chalabi's stenographer's award pulled too?

I guess the Pulitzer doesn't really mean very much if people like Judith Miller get it.

[otohara]

5. Hope This Happens

Damn media -

[daleo]

6. The government and media conspired to withhold the truth?

For 60 years. That's interesting. I wonder what people will be reading about 911 and the Iraq invasion in 2065?