# 9/11 News Award?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-news-award/102590>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 9, 2002, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-news-award/102590 "2002-04-09T01:29:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Karallen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@Karallen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karallen)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-news-award/102590/1 "2002-04-09T01:29:30Z")

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Should there be an award dedicated in honor of the journalists and reporters who covered the 9/11 tragedy? What would it be called?

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**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-news-award/102590/2 "2002-04-09T08:29:02Z")

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Let’s call it - [**Pulitzer Prize**](http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/nyregion/09PULI.html)!

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**Author:** ![Jantom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@Jantom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jantom)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-news-award/102590/3 "2002-04-09T22:27:33Z")

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What would be the point? To commend a group of reporters for being at the right place at the right time?

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**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-news-award/102590/4 "2002-04-09T23:29:57Z")

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> \*Originally posted by chula \*  
> \*\*Let’s call it - [**Pulitzer Prize**](http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/nyregion/09PULI.html)! \*\*

Prize? When it came to yesterdays photo-journalism award selection, I don’t think I could refer to it as a prize.

I won’t go as far Andrea Peyser and start ranting about the (apparent) Politically Correct selection that was made, [But I am dumbfounded that the image of the 3 NY Firefighters hoisting the flag at ground zero was shoved aside and 3 images of much less impact were chosen](http://www.nypost.com/commentary/41280.htm). I know it’s a subjective choice by the panelists…I’m just a little sickened by it.