ProPublica Wins Pulitzer Prize for Supreme Court Coverage
Source: ProPublica
ProPublica won the prestigious public service Pulitzer Prize for what the judges described as groundbreaking and ambitious reporting that pierced the thick wall of secrecy surrounding the Supreme Court to reveal how a small group of politically influential billionaires wooed justices with lavish gifts and travel, pushing the Court to adopt its first code of conduct. The prize is given to the staff of a news organization that performed meritorious public service. It is the seventh Pulitzer Prize for ProPublica.
The Pulitzer Board also recognized a collaboration between The Texas Tribune, ProPublica and FRONTLINE as a finalist in the explanatory reporting category. The investigation provided a detailed analysis of the deeply flawed law enforcement response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. The designation is ProPublicas 17th Pulitzer finalist in 16 years.
ProPublicas Friends of the Court series uncovered the biggest ethics scandal to hit the Supreme Court in the modern era. Reporters Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan, Alex Mierjeski, Brett Murphy and Kirsten Berg pierced decades of judicial secrecy and uncovered major gifts to justices from a small set of politically influential donors.
The series began a national conversation about ethics and judicial reform of the Supreme Court. In response to ProPublicas reporting, the court announced in November that it had unanimously adopted the first ethics code in its 234-year history. Justice Clarence Thomas for the first time acknowledged that he should have reported selling real estate to billionaire Harlan Crow in 2014, writing in his annual financial disclosure form that he inadvertently failed to realize that the deal needed to be disclosed. Thomas also disclosed receiving three private jet trips from Crow, two of which ProPublica had already reported. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to authorize subpoenas of Crow and conservative legal activist Leonard Leo as part of its ongoing effort to investigate ethics lapses by justices.
Read more: https://www.propublica.org/article/pulitzer-prize-announcement-propublica-supreme-court
Absolutely wonderful news!
emulatorloo
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(32,518 posts)erronis
(15,516 posts)Last edited Mon May 6, 2024, 04:57 PM - Edit history (1)
https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/propublica-work-joshua-kaplan-justin-elliott-brett-murphy-alex-mierjeski-and-kirsten-bergWinning Work
April 6, 2023
Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire
June 20, 2023
Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court
April 13, 2023
Billionaire Harlan Crow Bought Property From Clarence Thomas. The Justice Didnt Disclose the Deal.
May 4, 2023
Clarence Thomas Had a Child in Private School. Harlan Crow Paid the Tuition.
September 22, 2023
Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events
August 10, 2023
Clarence Thomas 38 Vacations: The Other Billionaires Who Have Treated the Supreme Court Justice to Luxury Travel
December 18, 2023
A Delicate Matter: Clarence Thomas Private Complaints About Money Sparked Fears He Would Resign
December 13, 2023
The Judiciary Has Policed Itself for Decades. It Doesnt Work.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,849 posts)From UpInArms:
Wed Jun 21, 2023: Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before th
red dog 1
(27,964 posts)(On Twitter)
#ImpeachClarenceThomas
(Let's get it trending)
erronis
(15,516 posts)It just magnifies the Eloonatic's platform and many thoughtful people won't go there.
Please promulgate everywhere and anywhere you can.
red dog 1
(27,964 posts)Since there are an estimated 95 million Americans on Twitter (X), I stand by my mentioning of the hashtag ,#ImpeachClarenceThomas because getting it to "trend" on X, would be a good thing, imo.
(I also post about Clarence "Uncle" Thomas on my Facebook page)
I don't agree with your:
"It just magnifies the Eloonatic's platform and many thoughtful people won't go there."
I think "many thoughtful people" DO still "go there", despite the fact that it's now owned by an openly far-right Republican jackass.
Lovie777
(12,456 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,951 posts)highplainsdem
(49,164 posts)LeftInTX
(25,899 posts)70sEraVet
(3,575 posts)Now if only we could arrange SOME kind of prize for Tucker Carlson's bold interview with Putin! How bout a one-way ticket to Moscow, with a tiny bag containing the ashes of what used to be his passport?
(his passport)
erronis
(15,516 posts)But I don't want to sully the Pulitzer name with trash like tucker.
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,140 posts)DoBW
(731 posts)well done PP
soldierant
(6,994 posts)is "The Gold Medal for Public Service." At least that's what Pro Publica told me in an email. I didn't see it mentioned yet, so I thought I would. I found it impressive.
Tanuki
(14,933 posts)their excellent journalism:
https://give.propublica.org/give/346423/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=PB
erronis
(15,516 posts)The news landscape keeps on changing with some old stalwarts not being very dependable anymore. I also like to peruse the overseas news sources when I can.
JudyM
(29,303 posts)So deserving. Great investigative journalism, more, please!
FakeNoose
(32,992 posts)republianmushroom
(13,966 posts)Martin68
(23,037 posts)The more widely SCOTUS ethics issues are discussed, the harder it will be for them to ignore it.
NanaCat
(1,681 posts)One of the top stories of 2023 no doubt, and we're still getting more. The repercussions will be around for a while.
underpants
(183,139 posts)oasis
(49,538 posts)worthless creeps.
Wild blueberry
(6,684 posts)Bravo ProPublica and journalists! Bravo!