Los Angeles Times wins five Pulitzer Prizes

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http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/8361737.htm

ANDREW BRIDGES
Associated Press

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Times on Monday won five Pulitzer Prizes, the second most ever won by a newspaper in a single year, for coverage that included wildfires, wars and Wal-Mart.

The awards recognized the paper's work in breaking news, criticism, editorial writing, national reporting and feature photography.

"It's overwhelming. What's amazing to me - not amazing - is that all areas of the newspaper were recognized. That, to me, is very gratifying," Publisher John P. Puerner said.

The Times was nominated in nine categories, and the five Pulitzer Prizes were the most ever won in a single year by the paper. Before this year, the most the paper won was three, in 2003. The New York Times won seven in 2002, a record.

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[Doctor Pedantic]

1. That Wal-Mart Expose

Was riveting. It sure made a compelling case for never shopping there again.

I Heart the Liberal Media!

[Elad]

5. Do you happen to have a link to that story?

I'd appreciate it if you did. Thanks. :)

[DeepModem Mom]

8. Here's a link to the 3-part series, and related stories --

An Empire Built on Bargains Remakes the Working World
By Abigail Goldman and Nancy Cleeland
Wal-Mart is so powerful that it moves the economies of entire countries, bringing profit and pain. The prices can't be beat, but the wages can.

Scouring the Globe to Give Shoppers an $8.63 Polo Shirt
By Nancy Cleeland, Evelyn Iritani and Tyler Marshall
Wal-Mart, once a believer in buying American, extracts ever lower prices from 10,000 suppliers worldwide. Workers struggle to keep pace.

Grocery Unions Battle to Stop Invasion of the Giant Stores
By Nancy Cleeland and Abigail Goldman
Wal-Mart plans to open 40 of its nonunion Supercenters in California. Labor is fighting the expected onslaught, but the big retailer rarely concedes defeat.


http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-walmart-pulitzer,1,2534607.htmlstory?coll=la-home-headlines

[boobooday]

2. The LA Times is responsible for waking me up

When I was a welfare mother in LA, and I figured out it was the most reading for the cheapest price.

And very soon I was a political junkie, and have been ever since.

Congrats LATIMES.

http://www.wgoeshome.com

[genius]

3. The editor is on the board that determines who gets the Pulizer Prizes

Talk of cheating.

[cally]

4. The LA Times is the best newspaper

in the US. The NY Times and the Washington Post are tainted and biased. I look to the LA Times for the real stories.

Congrats!!

[NewYorkerfromMass]

12. the Schwarzenegger expose on his groping was a sure sign

that this is a real newspaper.

[nolabels]

6. I have a subscription, but these awards are bogus

Heck all you have to do is look at the other corporate own B.S. that doubles as bird cage liner(they have no competition). I will admit though, when I get my other local paper, it is like it has come from another world many times.

A couple of times I had to check to see if the VERY republican rag had the correct date. Often I just leave this lesser out to rot for day or two.

[Dover]

7. The Pulitzer has become like the Academy Awards are to Hollywood

It's a self owned, self congratulatory club. And while it is still important and conveted, Independent, small budget media sources are usually not impressed with the criteria that these awards use to define excellence ("blockbusters").

That said, I think it's probably fair to say that among the big corporate conglomerate papers, the LA Times is the best, and has outperformed the NYT across the board (with a few exceptions).

[oasis]

9. Robert Scheer gets my vote for staying on Chimpy's ass. He has

drawn much criticism from Bill O'lielly for doing so.

[nolabels]

10. One good reason to pick it up, the letters to the editor also

They really have a kind leftward slant, but one needs to be careful because they also have a lot of planted stories, just like the other usual subjects.

One could only imagine the mail from the wingers to them. That other paper I get, The Press-Enterprise has these brown-shirted type people outraged sometimes just because Ann Coulter gets slighted or some real news gets out they don't like.

Of course just noting the Press-Enterprise is owned by a newspaper corporation out of Texas could tell you a lot. If the LA Times local coverage gets any better I will drop that Republican Rag like a rock.

[jsw_81]

11. Their series about the Columbia disaster was fascinating

Congrats on the Pulitzers!

[CO Liberal]

13. Like I Asked in the Locked Duplicate Thread...

...just how many Pulitzer Prizes have been won by the WASHINGTON Times over the years?

:shrug:

[goclark]

14. Sheer Arnold Walmart YES!

They really took the heat from the Repubs with the Arnold story.
It was right on the money but once again the Repubs bullied their way through by saying it was "dirty journalism at the last minute and all lies." The voters fell for it!


My hero of heroes, Robert Sheer, was way out in front on BUSHCO! He hammered away at that in such clear fashion.

LA TIMES
SHEER
AARNOLD staff writers
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