'The Onion' Campaigns For Pulitzer Prize

from National Public Radio

"America's Finest News Source" finally wants its due. The Onion, responsible for headlines like "Black Man Given Nation's Worst Job" and "Drugs Win War On Drugs," is demanding arguably the most prestigious award in American journalism: a Pulitzer Prize. Robert Siegel talks to Will Tracy, associate editor at The Onion, about the fake newspaper's campaign to get a Pulitzer — any Pulitzer.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, June 21, 2011