Today the San Diego Union-Tribune won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for its series of stories exposing the unprecedented corruption of Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham. The citation reads: For a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs, in print or in print and online, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000). Two Prizes of $10,000 each: Awarded […]
Just for the record: Former President Jimmy Carter's buddy in Venezuela, Hugh Chavez, has been a bad boy. According to this article, Chavez is going through the voter rolls to see who doesn't like him as president -- and firing them. In the two years since she signed a petition that forced a recall vote […]
San Diego Union-Tribune ombudsman Gina Lubrano's column today addresses the paper's coverage of the immigration rallies that took place across the nation last week. Unfortunately, I have a couple of bones to pick with Lubrano's reporting. First, there is this bit: It was not quite as straightforward as that. To say that the march, which […]
Here's a link to save from the Weekly Standard's blog -- it's a pretty comprehensive list of former ambassador Joseph Wilson's changing stories on whether or not Iraq was trying to get uranium from Niger. If anyone still believed Wilson was credible, this should dissuade them (unless they're suffering from an advanced case of BDS).