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Branded Raspberries, Racist Minorities, and Archaic Priorities – Opinion

By Pluralist / November 17, 2021

Our weekly recognition of less-than-meritorious excellence in journalism is worthy of Pulitzer consideration.

As an extension of the media-mocking venture at Townhall, Riffed From The Headlines, we once again recognize the exalted performances in our journalism industry and compile worthy submissions to the Pulitzer Prize board in numerous categories. We must recognize journalistic mistakes-excellence to be able to correctly identify them.

The Best Local Reporting

  • Tovia Smith — National Public Radio

Problems can arise from the desire to tell all about race in media. NPR became a sham when they wanted to make it clear how disappointing it was for one of the Black female candidates in Boston’s recent elections. This was a minor problem, but NPR needed to insult the winner in order to prove their point. AnotherFemale POC. Accordingly, it took down the initial tweet of the outlet, which read:

Michelle Wu – who’s Asian American — is the first woman and first person of color elected to lead the city. While many are hailing it as a major turning point, others see it as more of a disappointment that the three Black candidates in the race couldn’t even come close.

NPR declared this “misrepresented” the column and caused harm to others. The next problem is: The tweet that you see is an exact quote of the article. stillIn the first paragraph. This seems to have done little harm other than to the credibilty of the outlet.

 

Distinguished Feature Writing

Ryu energetically explains for us the revolutionary method they discovered through TikTok to improve lives.

On the video platform, users have come up with a new task-management system, one they have dubbed “Time blocking” in order to categorize essential activities to maximize efficiency and lead to a sharp rise in productivity and see an expansion in the fulfillment of goals and achievements. This viral scheduling strategy can be used to help you overcome procrastinating, and even reduce stress. This sounds like a landmark development in the expansion of possibilities for anyone, so for those of you who are not on TikTok, I’ll summarize this revolution for you in this way:

They learned how to use calendars.

 

Distinguished National Reporting

  • Joe Scarborough — MSNBC

There are many other things to be thankful for. Morning JoeThis week was difficult for Rittenhouse as he attempted to pontificate regarding the Kyle Rittenhouse trials. He initially declared Rittenhouse unloaded 60 rounds that fateful night, and when called out — even being mentioned by the defense counsel during closing arguments — he brazenly said he misspoke: “I corrected my question this morning, saying he fired his rounds in 60 seconds.” But then, Scarborough makes an audacious follow-up statement, one that placed the blame of his misinformation on — his own viewers.

Joe is not at fault for having delivered wildly false information — it is up to the audience to follow the trial ardently, then watch all three hours of his show, in order to glean what the facts are. Anyone who simply listens to him and accepts his claims as true are only guilty of being misinformed.

 

Specialized Explanatory Reporting

  • Tommy Christopher — Mediaite

It is a fact that everything in the current media landscape is shot through an ethnic lens. Right now, we are told that bridges are racist, using the word “education” is a code for actually wanting to use The N-word, and that you are a white supremacist for voting a female POC into a major office. In this environment, Joe Biden’s racial insensitivity is shocking and is protected to the top.

It’s bad enough that the media are corrupt, but it gets worse when a website charged with reporting on them is not up to par. Even more hilarious is the fact that it’s all a joke. MediaiteTommy Christopher, columnist is a constant paradox.

In a reflexive defense of Joe Biden, Christopher boldly disputes that the president referred to the great baseball pitcher Satchel Paige as a “Negro,” contradicting the reports from outlets such as our own. Of course, Christopher undercut his emotional defense by posting the video of Biden’s speech, AND also providing the transcript where Biden is clearly seen using the word.

Don’t believe what you hear: Christopher will correct the record.

 

Distinguished Investigative Reporting

  • Glenn Kessler — Washington Post

Some in the media fiercely defend the deeply bizarre comment made by Pete Buttigieg, Interior Secretary of New York City. You see, there was a book published 50 years ago that featured a New York City city planner who claimed he deliberately made bridges too low to allow buses to pass through the town to prevent black residents from visiting the beaches.

Glenn leapt to the front to defend Buttigieg’s good name, citing only one source.

Kessler became the legendary fact-checker and was fact-checked by historians. Within days that book, which served as a stop-gap, had become more valuable.

Distinguished Cultural Commentary

  • Sophie Egan — New York Times

This speaks volumes about their readers. This is a stunning exploration into how our vegetables and fruits are consumed. Well…sort of. The column covers the details of what might happen if you ate the tiny labels attached to produce. To suggest readers of The Times as paste-eaters is an insult, I don’t think it’s offensive.

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