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Washington PostMAY 2024
Gaza Protests: Pulitzer Board Recognizes Student Journalists
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The Spin
Narrative A
The Pulitzer Prize Board's laudatory statement for the student journalists' courageous coverage of the campus protests is a much-needed gesture. It comes amid propaganda and doles of negativity aimed at the protesters and underscores the significance of their real-time reporting, emphasizing press freedom amid escalating campus unrest nationwide.
Narrative B
The haloed Pulitzer Prize Board's appreciation of student journalists could have been considered a gesture made in good faith, but for the apparent orchestration of the protests they were covering. Arab financial influence is clearly at play in US campuses, which can't be hidden behind the cheap thrills stoked by "student journalists."