In honor of the end of 2006, Alternet offers the 15th annual P.U.litzer prizes.
The New York Times' Tom Friedman is mocked for his mindless praise of CAFTA which he said was a US free trade agreement with the Carribbean. Even those of us who are neither international affairs 'experts' nor famous columnists in the nation's most prestigious newspaper know that CAFTA would actually apply to Central America.
Most of the awards were merited, but the most deserving was:
In November, [Glenn] Beck -- an Islamophobic host on CNN Headline News -- launched into his interview with Congressman-elect Keith Ellison, a Muslim American, this way: "I have been nervous about this interview with you, because what I feel like saying is, 'Sir, prove to me that you are not working with our enemies.'" Beck then added: "And I know you're not. I'm not accusing you of being an enemy, but that's the way I feel, and I think a lot of Americans will feel that way." Is it possible that primetime bigots like CNN's Beck have something to do with the prejudices "that a lot of Americans feel"?
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