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The '''Pulitzer Prize''' is an American award for predominantly [[liberal]] [[journalism]]. There are other associated awards also called Pulitzer Prizes for other areas such as [[literature]].  In all, 21 Pulitzer Prizes are given out each year.  The awards are named after [[Joseph Pulitzer]] who bequeathed a legacy to [[Columbia University]] in 1911.   

The '''Pulitzer Prize''' is an American award for predominantly [[liberal]] [[journalism]]. There are other associated awards also called Pulitzer Prizes for other areas such as [[literature]].  In all, 21 Pulitzer Prizes are given out each year.  The awards are named after [[Joseph Pulitzer]] who bequeathed a legacy to [[Columbia University]] in 1911.   

The awards are administered by Columbia University<ref>[http://www.pulitzer.org/ The Pulitzer Prizes]</ref> with the winners of the Pulitzer Prize being determined by The Pulitzer Prize Board.<ref>[http://pulitzer.org/CurrentBoard/CurrentBoard.html Current Board]</ref> They often are awarded to [[liberal]] works. For example, in 2007 the '''Pulitzer Prize''' was awarded to [[Charles Savage]] for his attack on [[George W. Bush|George Bush]]'s use of signing statements.<ref>http://www.boston.com/news/specials/savage_signing_statements/</ref>  In fact, over 15 years earlier [http://www.conservapedia.com/George_H._W._Bush George Bush's father] also attached statements to bills that he signed.  One of two honored finalists for the same prize was a work claiming that an innocent man was subjected to the [[death penalty]].<ref>This honored finalist was work by "Maurice Possley and Steve Mills of the Chicago Tribune for their investigation of a 1989 execution in Texas that strongly suggests an innocent man was killed by lethal injection." [http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2007/national-reporting/ Pulitzer Prize Winners]</ref>

The awards are administered by Columbia University<ref>[http://www.pulitzer.org/ The Pulitzer Prizes]</ref> with the winners of the Pulitzer Prize being determined by The Pulitzer Prize Board.<ref>[http://pulitzer.org/CurrentBoard/CurrentBoard.html Current Board]</ref> They often are awarded to [[liberal]] works. For example, in 2007 the '''Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting''' was awarded to [[Charles Savage]] for his attack on [[George W. Bush|George Bush]]'s use of signing statements.<ref>http://www.boston.com/news/specials/savage_signing_statements/</ref>  In fact, over 15 years earlier [http://www.conservapedia.com/George_H._W._Bush George Bush's father] also attached statements to bills that he signed.  One of two honored finalists for the same prize was a work claiming that an innocent man was subjected to the [[death penalty]].<ref>This honored finalist was work by "Maurice Possley and Steve Mills of the Chicago Tribune for their investigation of a 1989 execution in Texas that strongly suggests an innocent man was killed by lethal injection." [http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2007/national-reporting/ Pulitzer Prize Winners]</ref>

In 1932, Walter Duranty won a Pulitzer Prize for a set of stories about the [[Soviet Union]] which were published in the ''[[New York Times]]''. These articles denied the famine which killed millions in Ukraine at the insistence of [[Joseph Stalin]] and misled the world about this genocide.  Amid growing [[conservative]] criticism of this award and a request for independent review by the ''New York Times'', Mark Von Hagen (Professor of Russian History at Columbia University), reviewed Duranty's work and declared that "For the sake of ''The New York Times''' honor, they should take the prize away."<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-10-22-ny-times-pulitzer_x.htm</ref>  However, the ''New York Times'' refused to relinquish the award and the Pulitzer Prize committee refused to rescind it.

In 1932, Walter Duranty won a Pulitzer Prize for a set of stories about the [[Soviet Union]] which were published in the ''[[New York Times]]''. These articles denied the famine which killed millions in Ukraine at the insistence of [[Joseph Stalin]] and misled the world about this genocide.  Amid growing [[conservative]] criticism of this award and a request for independent review by the ''New York Times'', Mark Von Hagen (Professor of Russian History at Columbia University), reviewed Duranty's work and declared that "For the sake of ''The New York Times''' honor, they should take the prize away."<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-10-22-ny-times-pulitzer_x.htm</ref>  However, the ''New York Times'' refused to relinquish the award and the Pulitzer Prize committee refused to rescind it.