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Barstow wins Pulitzer for military analysts story; will networks notice?

April 20, 2009 3:52 pm ET - by Jamison Foser

New York Times reporter David Barstow has won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the conflicts of interest of "military analysts" used by television networks.

The networks have given scant attention to the military analysts story; maybe now that the story has won a Pulitzer for Barstow, they'll pay attention.

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