The Trump assassination-attempt photo wins a Pulitzer
But it’s the wrong photo. Although the winner is an interesting shot (literally; it shows the bullet track before hitting Trump’s ear), it can’t compare in terms of composition and importance to the one that became iconic. The latter – the non-winner – makes Trump look like a courageous hero, which he certainly was that day. And we can’t have that.
So therefore:
?NEWS: The photographer (Doug Mills) who took the image on the left just received a Pulitzer, not the one (Evan Vucci) who captured the most iconic shot on the right. pic.twitter.com/r08mforOro
— The Gas Stove ? (@TheGasStovee) May 5, 2025
I remember vividly one Trump Derangement Syndrome – addled acquaintance going on at some length about how no, it was not a bullet or bullet fragment that hit Trump’s ear, it was a splinter of glass or some similar substance, possibly from the teleprompter or the teleprompter stand, that hit Trump’s ear.
As if that was terribly important.
For me at least, what mattered was that
– it was another attempt on a presidential candidate’s life, and
– the lack of competence and professional attention on the part of Secret Service and law enforcement was so appalling as to be scandalous — not scandalous in some rhetorical sense, but literally scandalous.
For me, the heroism of the candidate was strictly secondary. What seems already to be overlooked was/is the *malign neglect* on the part of Secret Service and various law enforcement personnel. It seems to me to be down the memory hole — a d#mn shame.
Plus, a publication won a Pulitzer for falsely reporting that abortion restriction laws resulted in the deaths of some women. In truth, the deaths were attributable to medical negligence.
This Pulitzer ‘prize’ is simply one more example of a media org. lying its way to irrelevance. Like Obama’s meritless Nobel Peace Prize and the Oscars since Brando’s native american virtue signaling, only the “useful idiots” actually believe they are awarded based on excellence. Ideologically based ‘awards’ are simply another way to ‘preach to the choir’.
Heh.
(Cracked old man voice): I remember back in 19-aught-32 the Pulitzer going to Walter Duranty for his reporting on the USSR.
No famines here! No Holodomor! Stalin told him so.
The Pulitzer Board has been asked a buncha times, but it ain’t never going to revoke that prize.
The President could secretly be Superman. And if the secret got out the Left would want him deported and simultaneously yell at him for not doing enough.
Huxley, I read and heard that in Walter Brennan voice.
Heh. Propaganda “media”, indeed.
Huxley, I read and heard that in Walter Brennan voice.
Wow!:
That’s what I was going for. Grateful you filled in the blanks.
Speaking of Walter Brennan, he starred in a strange Hollywood propaganda film for the Soviet Union as a humble, happy pig farmer by the name of Karp. It was like smalltown America translated to the USSR.
Collectivization works, comrade! You will own what we say and be happy. Every conservative ought to watch the first five minutes. Hilarious.
–Lewis Milestone (director), “The North Star” (1943)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dddwh2h0Xj4
Of course that was back when Stalin was Uncle Joe, our valiant ally in the East against Nazi aggression.
Lillian Hellman wrote the story and screenplay.
@ huxley > “The Pulitzer Board has been asked a buncha times, but it ain’t never [gonna] revoke that prize.”
[Just a bit of editing to complete the iconic Brennan voice.]
They have also refused to rescind the Prizes “For deeply sourced, relentlessly reported coverage in the public interest” on the Trump-Russia “story” (IOW, the political narrative written back when the Regime Media was still pretending that the Dossier and FBI investigation were on the level).
https://thefederalist.com/2022/06/03/why-wont-the-pulitzer-board-answer-trump-on-whether-its-review-process-is-legit-enough-to-revoke-prizes-for-russia-hoax-propaganda/
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“Lillian Hellman wrote the story and screenplay.”
How can I resist referencing the familiar quote in this context?
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2016/09/18/every-word/
What was striking about mr jones the bio about the reporter who broke the holomodor story was the herd effect to back duranty, without evidence. Only william randolph hearst who welles libeled for his own reasons really supported him years later other former political pilgrims like muggeridge and robert conquest revisited the story
Peter skarsgaard was wonderfully cast as duranty james norton a possible bond was his foil. His boss david lloyd george who had a penchant for ignoring truth was also well cast
Yes Huxley, we old men remember things still.
A little hitch in our giggyup
The selection of that photo for the prize is clearly malicious compliance to the popular sentiment.
Yes, the Pulitzer Prize Bastards superficially acknowledge Trump’s near-martyrdom, but instead of his unfeigned love of country in the face of death, they underhandedly glorify their own hero – the bullet they hoped might have killed him.
Re: Trump Pulitzer Photo
Sorta like a photo of the Boys at Iwo Jima reaching that spot with the Flag, looking at each other, then saying “Let’s do this,” before, you know, Actually Doing It.
Not quite the same.
when you dial down the ambient noise,
https://thefederalist.com/2025/05/07/the-pulitzer-prize-remains-a-crown-for-left-wing-propagandists/