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→Pulitzer Prize: The Jayson Blair controversy happened earlier in 2003, prior to Hagen's review of Duranty
==Pulitzer Prize==
==Pulitzer Prize==
There is currently an ongoing debate over whether or not the Pulitzer Prize which Duranty won in 1931 should be taken away. Most people believe that journalism's highest prize should not go to someone who knowingly lied about genocide.<ref>http://www.ucca.org/famine/</ref> In 2003, ''The New York Times'' hired a [[Columbia University]] professor of Russian history to review Duranty's work. Professor Mark von Hagen concluded that Duranty:
There is currently an ongoing debate over whether or not the Pulitzer Prize which Duranty won in 1931 should be taken away. Most people believe that journalism's highest prize should not go to someone who knowingly lied about genocide.<ref>http://www.ucca.org/famine/</ref> After the ''The New York Times'' was rocked by scandal after the revelations surrounding [[Jayson Blair]],<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jun-14-et-rutten14-story.html The Blair affair fuels a 70-year-old scandal ]</ref> the ''Times'' hired a [[Columbia University]] professor of Russian history to review Duranty's work. Professor Mark von Hagen concluded that Duranty:
{{cquote|"frequently writes in the enthusiastically propagandistic language of his sources," and that "there is a serious lack of balance in his writing." He recommended that "For the sake of The New York Times' honor, they should take the prize away".<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-10-22-ny-times-pulitzer_x.htm</ref>}} His review was given to the Pulitzer board which, despite this, allowed Duranty to keep his prize. The struggle is currently still ongoing.
{{cquote|"frequently writes in the enthusiastically propagandistic language of his sources," and that "there is a serious lack of balance in his writing." He recommended that "For the sake of The New York Times' honor, they should take the prize away".<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-10-22-ny-times-pulitzer_x.htm</ref>}} His review was given to the Pulitzer board which, despite this, allowed Duranty to keep his prize. The struggle is currently still ongoing.