Blamebush.com is a very funny satirical website. This offering gives us a fresh look at the Pulitzer committee's decision to award its top prize for photography to the AP "stringer" who has been cooperating with the terrorists in Iraq. He received the top prize for photography in 2004 for taking pictures of the murder of several Iraqi election workers by the terrorists.
It must be understood that the photographer was told ahead of time where and when the killings would take place. The victims were pulled from their car and shot in the street to allow the photographer to get better pictures. It is obvious from the pictures that the photographer was within yards of the shooting. He apparently had no fear for his own safety.
There is something repellent about people who would reward publicists for murder, terrorism and dictatorship. It's like giving a prize to Goebbels for excellence in journalism.
The head of the committee that awarded this prize is the Virginian Pilot's own Dennis Hartig, editorial page editor. Fitting.
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