As The Daily Wire reported yesterday, media outlets that dutifully followed the narrative that President Donald Trump colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 election were given awards. Following that trend, The New York Times and a GQ writer who published a poorly researched and purposefully misleading article about former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) was awarded — because he followed the narrative that Nunes, a Trump ally, is bad.
Syracuse University awarded Jason Zengerle the 2019 Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting for a story the school described as detailing “how Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., used his chairmanship of the House Intelligence Committee to help gather support for Trump against his enemies.” The Toner Prize is named after Robin Toner, a Syracuse graduate who was the first female national political correspondent for the Times. The irony of this award going to a man should not be ignored.
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