nation is facing the most serious internal attacks on the frontal and institutional structures that define a democracy. since the pulitzer s were introduced a century ago. precisely to counteract problematic, authoritarian tendencies throughout the society. that warning was followed by the announcement of that year s pulitzer prize for national reporting which went to the washington post in new york times for quote, relentlessly reporting coverage in the public interest on russian interference in the 2016 election. and it s connections to the trump campaign, the president elect s transition team, and his eventual administration. that choice naturally drew the ire of then president donald trump, who did not stop complaining about the decision, even after he left the white house. it actually lead the pulitzer boards to open two separate independent investigations into the awarding of those prizes. this week, the pulitzer board announced the results of those investigations,
for the most outstanding journalism of the year, and they delivered this warning. on the political fronts, i think, it is clear that the nation is facing the most serious internal attacks on the fundamental values and institutional structures that define a democracy. since the pulitzer s were introduced a century ago. then precisely, to counteract problematic authoritarian tendencies, throughout the society. now that warning was followed by the announcement of that year s pulitzer prize for national reporting, which went to the new york times and the washington post for quote, relentlessly reported coverage in the public interest on russian interference in the 2016 election and its connection to the trump campaign, the presidents elects transition team, and his eventual administration. that choice naturally drew the ire of then president donald trump, who did not stop complaining about the decision, even after he left the white house. it actually lead the pulitzer board t
house. it actually lead the pulitzer boards to open two separate independent investigations into the awarding of those prizes. this week, the pulitzer board announced the results of those investigations, and here is part of what they said. no passages or headlines, contentions or assertions in any of the winning submissions were discredited by facts that emerged subsequent to the control of the prizes. the 2018 pulitzer prizes in national reporting stand. the pulitzer board stayed behind this succession of thoroughly reported stories detailing russia s interference in the 2016 campaign. trump and his campaign links to russia, his efforts to obstruct investigations into both. this was the headline in one of those award-winning pieces of reporting. it s from the new york times, dated in april of 2017. quote, comey trying to shield the fbi from politics.
ire of then president donald trump, who did not stop complaining about the decision, even after he left the white house. it actually lead the pulitzer board to open two separate independent investigations into the awarding of those prizes. this week, the pulitzer board announced the results of those investigations, and here is part of what they said. no passages or headlines, contentions or assertions in any of the winning submissions were discredited by facts that emerged subsequent to the conferal of the prizes. the 2018 pulitzer prizes in national reporting stand. the pulitzer board stand behind this succession of thoroughly reported stories detailing russia s interference in the 2016 campaign. trump and his campaign s links to russia, his efforts to obstruct investigations into both. this was the headline in one of those award-winning pieces of