Update: SPJ spokesman Scott Leadingham points out via e-mail that there are no hard feelings among SPJ jurors toward NBC News. Besides honoring David Barstow with a Sigma Delta Chi Award this year for his Pentagon stories, the Society also gave one to NBC Nightly News for breaking news from Afghanistan. Two of the riveting stories that were honored are here.
NBC spokesperson Allison Gollust acknowledged receipt of FCP’s inquiry about the network’s current attitude toward SPJ, but did not respond to it.
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Horray for Barstow, for writing these important stories, to the Times for printing them, and to the Pulitzer committee for recognizing him! And Horray to you, too, Charles, for scolding these other, uh, interested parties for their reticence on the matter!
#1 Posted by k8, CJR on Fri 8 May 2009 at 10:03 AM
Capus, an executive of a major network, is acting like a squalling, purple-faced toddler. It's hilarious: sometimes I swear Jon Stewart must be paying these guys off to act like morons and feed him fresh material.
#2 Posted by Brian Donohue, CJR on Sat 9 May 2009 at 06:55 AM