ProPublica is rewarded for its political hackery with a Pulitzer Prize

Published May 6, 2025 1:38pm ET



ProPublica is perhaps the nation’s leading purveyor of Potemkin journalism, which entails dressing up political propaganda with neutral-sounding journalistic verbiage to create the impression that you’ve done genuine reporting.

This week, ProPublica, naturally, was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in “public service” for “exposing the fatal consequences of abortion bans.”

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