This is not fake news.
The 2017 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism has been awarded to some well-known names at CNN, MSNBC and Univision.
Jake Tapper, Katy Tur and Jorge Ramos will be the recipients of an Individual Achievement by a National Journalist honor, according to The Hill.
But, at least the media isn’t biased.
Univision’s Ramos, MSNBC’s Tur, CNN’s Tapper win 2017 Walter Cronkite Award https://t.co/mw1ujdxBHZ pic.twitter.com/JiyO9WoAz1
— The Hill (@thehill) March 14, 2017
“Today, at this seriously dangerous moment for our democracy, these Cronkite Awards honor journalists, stations and networks stepping up to their civic responsibility to tell Americans the truth,” Marty Kaplan, director of the Norman Lear Center at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, said in an announcement Monday.
Ramos won “for advancing the conversation about what divides us as a country,” according to jurors. The activist journalist has repeatedly attacked President Trump over his immigration claims and policies. Ramos was thrown out of a Trump press conference during the presidential campaign when he became unruly and spoke out of turn.
The Univision news anchor, whose daughter worked on Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, recently claimed that illegal immigrants coming to the U.S. were a “benefit” to the country and that America’s future would be “composed solely by minorities.”
MSNBC’s Tur is receiving her Cronkite Award for “providing unique insight into Trump voters” and displaying “grit and perseverance demonstrating the honor of her profession.”
And jurors actually touted Tapper’s “tenacious commitment to sorting fact from fiction, a quality essential to journalism,” for his win.
Tapper has been at the receiving end of many of Trump’s attacks on CNN for reporting unsubstantiated and biased news reports during the campaign and in the first weeks of the new administration. Tapper defended his network saying Trump was trying to “discredit” CNN by calling them “fake news” at a press conference.
The anchor even admitted his seven year-old son mocks him with a “fake news” taunt whenever he bothers him.
Another award handed out to CNN was for its “Reliable Sources” which won top National Network News Program. Brian Stelter’s ability to offer “positive solutions to the question of what the media needs to do to gain, and regain, the public’s trust,” was noted by the jurors voting on the trophy.
Awards will be handed out at a ceremony the National Press Club in Washington on April 28, according to the Hill.
While many congratulatory notes were tweeted, countless Twitter users thought Cronkite himself would be insulted.
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@thehill @jaketapper @jorgeramosnews Cronkite is rolling over in his grave having his name bastardized. Of course, this is California.
— American Justice (@AmerJustice) March 14, 2017
@yashar @KatyTurNBC @jaketapper @brianstelter Liberals journalists getting poster.boy liberal award. Participation Trophy!
— Cowboy (@EPGOAT) March 14, 2017
@yashar @KatyTurNBC @jaketapper @brianstelter Great to see such a diverse mix of conservative and liberal journalists.?
— D Good ?? (@danielgood359) March 13, 2017
Yeah, right.
@thehill even though Fox is the highest rated cable news channel, by FAR. what a joke
— Amy Dianne (@AmyDianne5) March 14, 2017
@yashar @KatyTurNBC @jaketapper @brianstelter just like Hollywood the media loves to congratulate themselves with phonies awards
— POPULISM IS TRUTH ! (@dannyspaceman) March 13, 2017
@thehill The 2016 election has opened my eyes to crookedness of awards. Awards are used to push leftists globalist agenda. Don’t trust them.
— henry omadogho (@omadogho) March 14, 2017
@thehill Should’ve been called the “You ain’t no Walter Cronkite” award
— Greg K. (@netminder68) March 14, 2017
@thehill HAHAHAHA ???
What a #LiberalCirlceJerk that must have been. Were these the #FakeNews awards?
— Tyler Woods (@TyWoods99) March 14, 2017
@thehill “In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story.”
Can we just rise Cronkite from the grave and have him do all the news?— MojaveSkeleton (@Wandering_Bones) March 14, 2017
@thehill Looks like the bar is set pretty low for the Walter Cronkite award!
— Mark Sesslar (@SesslarMark) March 14, 2017
@TVNewsHQ @jaketapper @brianstelter @KatyTurNBC @jorgeramosnews FAKE AWARDS to FAKE journalists … well deserved! Bravo!
— Just Me (@SomewhatHopeful) March 13, 2017
@mlcalderone Well that is about as useful as used NYTimes pages in a bird cage.
— GetSerious (@TooMuchHate2017) March 13, 2017
A Daily Mail political editor recently outed the biased media, noting there’s “a lack of intellectual and ideological diversity in the media.”
These “Cronkite Awards” certainly solidify that statement.
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