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Monday, April 10, 2006
The Kristof Awards
Pulitzer Prize judges will soon announce their choices for 2006 awards. In my view, there is no competition in commentary category -- Nicholas D. Kristof, of the New York Times, wins by acclamation. Any other result would be a farce. In fact, they should rename the Pulitzers the Kristofs.Who else has had the courage to report from the most dangerous spot on earth? And I don't mean the Green Zone in Baghdad. In a one-writer crusade, he has pounded away at the genocide in the Darfur region of the Sudan. He has seen first-hand the reign of devastation by government-backed militia -- while the world has looked away, as it did in Rwanda, and when the Kurds were gassed, and when the Khmer Rouge terrorized fellow Cambodians, and when the Nazis began to carry out their endgame.
The Times has won more Pulitzer Prizes than any other newspaper. It is a distinguished body of work. But this one will be special -- a reminder that there still are selfless and courageous journalists who address the universal sin of indifference.
Posted by:Lary Bloom at 6:23 AM
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