JC: Does Enquirer Deserve A Pulitzer?

Coming upon an old column celebrating a Portland newspaper for uncovering its state’s ultra- secret — run the morning it won a Pulitzer Prize — an uncomfortable question popped into this scribe’s mind. Should the National Enquirer be awarded a Pulitzer Prize for first revealing that Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards was having an affair and fathered a child? The Edwards affair story was pooh-poohed by reporters covering the 2008 Iowa presidential caucuses. The candidate’s aides worked feverishly to conceal it while wondering whether they would have to blow the whistle if Edwards captured his party’s nomination/ Joel Connelly , Seattle Post-Intelligencer. More here .

Question: Does the National Enquirer deserve a Pulitzer Prize for being first to report on John Edwards’ affair?