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Investigative journalist Seamus Bruner on Monday stated that he believes
the Washington Post should give back its coveted Pulitzer Prize on a now- debunked story about Russia's supposed collusion with President Donald
Trump's 2016 campaign.
Just The News last week exclusively obtained and shared nearly 700 pages
of once-secret documents related to the FBI's investigation into the
collusion allegations. Those documents included proof that former National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers told FBI agents that the crux of a Pulitzer Prize award-winning Washington Post story on the Russia collusion
hoax was “wrong."
Bruner told "Just the News, No Noise" that he believes the revelation
means the Washington Post should give its Pulitzer Prize back or renounce
the award. He also indicated that the New York Times should give its award
back for its coverage of the story.
"They totally should give it back," Bruner said. "And it's just such a
shame what's happened to the Pulitzer Committee. It used to mean something
to win a Pulitzer, and ever since 2016 I've watched year after year they
give Pulitzers to total disinformation. I remember the New York Times also
got a Pulitzer for its Russia reporting, which was totally wrong."
The Pulitzer Prize Board's website said the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in
National Reporting was awarded to the staffs of the Washington Post and
New York Times “for deeply sourced, relentlessly reported coverage in the public interest that dramatically furthered the nation’s understanding of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and its connections
to the Trump campaign, the President-elect’s transition team, and his
eventual administration.”
It is not clear whether the Washington Post had been told prior to the May
2017 publishing of their story that Rogers was denying their
characterization of his talk with Trump.
https://justthenews.com/accountability/media/journalist-claims-washington- post-should-give-back-its-pulitzer-story-russia
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