ProPublica’s Pulitzer Prize is why the media have no credibility

Published May 15, 2025 2:00pm ET



In October 2024, Gallup revealed that trust in “mass media” had fallen to 31%, the lowest since the outlet started polling the issue in 1972. Liberal media, meanwhile, continue to celebrate and award themselves for their failures, incompetence, and outright lies to the public.

Last week, ProPublica was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for “exposing the fatal consequences of abortion bans.” This was considered an award for “public service” by the Pulitzer Prize Board, which is made up of Democrats from outlets such as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and New Yorker (and, surely enough, ProPublica). ProPublica, the left-wing dark money-funded group masquerading as a journalistic outlet, won for its coverage of Amber Thurman, whose death the outlet attributed to Georgia’s abortion restrictions.

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