Pulitzer winners have a tendency to report what the President asked

[BR_Parkway]

them not to. Nice to see some recognition of the need we have for a Free press, not one that does the President's bidding.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/17/AR2006041700743.html

Strikingly, the Pulitzer board honored two reports -- on the secret prisons and domestic surveillance -- that President Bush personally urged the editors not to publish.

<snip>

Bush tried to persuade The Post not to publish Priest's report in a meeting with Executive Editor Leonard Downie Jr., and the paper drew criticism from the left for withholding the location of the prisons. Priest, a Pulitzer finalist for the third straight year, said that controversy "faded soon afterward."

<snip>

James Risen and Eric Lichtblau of the New York Times won the national reporting prize for their articles on the administration's domestic surveillance program, and the Times drew criticism from the left for holding the report for a year. Bush met with Executive Editor Bill Keller and Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. to argue against publication.

<snip>

Keller told his staff that, in a congratulatory call to Downie, the two editors agreed that "the Pulitzer judges have put a premium on watchdog journalism -- on journalism that demonstrated the press standing up to power, often with substantial consequences."

[wtmusic]

1. No guarantee -- Tom Friedman is more than happy to oblige nt

[RubyDuby in GA]

2. Yep. Mike Luckovich of the AJC won for his cartoons and he's not into

kissing Bush's ass: