The Pulitzers’ 100th
“Newspapers
should have no friends.”
—Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911), newspaper baron and founder/benefactor of the annual prizes for journalistic excellence, first awarded 1916
• Editorial Comment: Neither fear nor favor.
• The 2016 Pulitzer Awards, NYTimes
PeezPix by Ted Pease
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Alert WORDster Joseph Benham adds perspective, writing:
ReplyDeleteAfter the town editor succeeded in drinking himself to death, his cronies discovered in his boarding-house room that his few belongings were essentially worthless.
Back on the street, they fanned out and began passing the hat, hoping to raise enough money for a casket and burial.
When they met the town banker and asked, "Sir, would you contribute a dollar to help bury our editor?" the banker pulled out a ten-dollar-bill and snapped, "Here! Bury ten of the S.O.B.s!"
—Joseph B