Barstow Wins the Pulitzer Prize

The video clip from “Democracy Now” is the first national broadcast that New York Times reporter David Barstow had. Barstow speaks about his 2009 Pulitzer-Prize winning. He uncovers the exposure of the retired generals working as radio and television analysts that had been co-opted by the Pentagon to make its argument for the war in Iraq. In addition he explains what the pentagon has done along with the lack of reporting on the issue by the networks. He also explains his reactions from it. For example he explains how he "hasn’t received any invitations to appear on the main networks or cable programs after the report came out".

I chose to include this video clip from “Democracy Now” because it contains David Barstow's first national interview and his outlook of the report after it was released. He provides his ideas and attitudes about his report and what was gained from it such as his accomplishment of winning the Pulitzer-Prize in 2009. Being able to hear Barstow speak about the issue and watch this live news video gave me more of an understanding and impression of the bush administration scandal of the military analysts.