The winners of the 2010 Pulitzer Prizes were announced on Monday, and the National Enquirer didn't make the list. The Enquirer had hoped that its work breaking the John Edwards sex scandal — while the traditional press looked the other way — would erase its stigma as a supermarket gossip-rag in the eyes of the judges. Enquirer executive editor Barry Levine says even being considered alongside America's best newspapers has boosted the Enquirer's "credibility." But did the Enquirer deserve more — did it deserve to win the most presitigious award in print journalism? (Watch Enquirer editor Barry Levine talk about the nomination)
Absolutely. The Enquirer was robbed: While the rest of the journalism world was sleeping, says Emily Miller in The Washington Times, the National Enquirer shouldered the "expense of running a top-notch" investigation that ultimately brought to light the Edwards sex scandal. The Enquirer has won some hard-earned respect — for itself and all "nontraditional media outlets" — but the Edwards series merited a Pulitzer.
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