winners 2017 pulitzer prize announce year theme expose trump.of particular note prize national report go david a. fahrenthold washington post whose contribution report presidential campaign unflinchingly go trump lie particularly relate contributions charity.as pulitzer committee put fahrenthold deserve award persistent report create model transparent journalism political campaign coverage cast doubt donald trump assertions generosity toward charities.during campaign many reporters pundits struggle keep trump lie pretend trump lie fahrenthold decide hold trump feet fire trump repeatedly dodge question donations charity fahrenthold compile exhaustive list charities trump say give money painstakingly eliminate one end report show trump perhaps one least charitable rich people country also run individual anecdotes expose trump showboating opportunist cynically exploit charity events pr avoid give money.in one example discover fahrenthold trump stagecrashed event mean honor donors steal seat legitimate donor leave anyone know happen nobody know come say abigail disney another donor sit dais kind ruckus door know go come donald trump get podium sit trump major donor donor period never give dollar nursery association benefit children accord gretchen buchenholz charity executive director now.it expose stories like others fahrenthold become revile trump white house conservative circle fearless journalism always do speak truth power.hilariously farhrenthold person win prestigious award coverage trump miami herald cartoonist jim morin earn pulitzer equally bite criticism trump highlight point late cartoon particularly brutal take trump.another loudmouth draft-dodging sanctimonious hypocrite phony patriot republican send us war morintoon trumpsyria chemicalattack pic.twitter.com/yhxtrarff3 jim morin morintoon april 2017and new york time take home international report pulitzer coverage also cause trump shortage headaches paper expose rampant corruption cruelty putin regime russia make things extremely awkward trump course benefit greatly putin willingness undermine democracy specifically america 2016 election trump also praise autocrat strong leader one time claim friend.it extremely tell many top honor go people either directly indirectly stand trump administration whether clear-eyed report corruption within white house disastrous effect policies ally congress force upon country dark days fearless critical report valuable ever trump already threaten crank censorship laws rare powerful commodity.featured image via olivier douliery-pool/getty image reporter big prize journalism expose trump lie detail