Media
| Recipient | Date | Contributions to | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert L. Bartley | 2004 | Journalism | |
| Earl Charles Behrens | 1970 | Journalism | |
| Herbert L. Block | 1994 | Journalism | |
| William F. Buckley, Jr. | 1991 | Journalism | |
| Walter Cronkite | 1981 and 1965 | Journalism | |
| Edward T. Folliard | 1970 | Journalism | |
| Katharine Graham | 2002 | Journalism | Posthumous award |
| William M. Henry | 1970 | Journalism | |
| John H. Johnson | 1996 | Journalism | |
| Paul Johnson | 2006 | Journalism | |
| Arthur Krock | 1970 | Journalism | |
| David Lawrence | 1970 | Journalism | |
| George Gould Lincoln | 1970 | Journalism | |
| Walter Lippmann | 1964 | Journalism | |
| Ralph McGill | 1964 | Journalism | |
| Raymond Moley | 1970 | Journalism | |
| Edward R. Murrow | 1964 | Journalism | Awarded with Distinction |
| Frank Reynolds | 1985 | Journalism | Posthumous award |
| Abe Rosenthal | 2002 | Journalism | |
| Vermont C. Royster | 1986 | Journalism | |
| William Safire | 2006 | Journalism | |
| Albert Merriman Smith | 1967 | Journalism | |
| Adela Rogers St. Johns | 1970 | Journalism | |
| Lila Bell Wallace | 1972 | Journalism | |
| Mark S. Watson | 1963 | Journalism | |
| William S. White | 1969 | Journalism | |
| Lowell Thomas | 1977 | Radio | |
| Paul Harvey | 2005 | Radio | |
| Lucille Ball | 1989 | Television | Posthumous award |
| David Brinkley | 1992 | Television | |
| Carol Burnett | 2005 | Television | |
| Johnny Carson | 1992 | Television | |
| Peggy Charren | 1995 | Television | |
| Joan Ganz Cooney | 1995 | Television | |
| Bill Cosby | 2002 | Television | |
| Andy Griffith | 2005 | Television | |
| Brian P. Lamb | 2007 | Television | |
| Fred Rogers | 2002 | Television |
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Famous quotes containing the word media:
“Today the discredit of words is very great. Most of the time the media transmit lies. In the face of an intolerable world, words appear to change very little. State power has become congenitally deaf, which is why—but the editorialists forget it—terrorists are reduced to bombs and hijacking.”
—John Berger (b. 1926)
“Never before has a generation of parents faced such awesome competition with the mass media for their children’s attention. While parents tout the virtues of premarital virginity, drug-free living, nonviolent resolution of social conflict, or character over physical appearance, their values are daily challenged by television soaps, rock music lyrics, tabloid headlines, and movie scenes extolling the importance of physical appearance and conformity.”
—Marianne E. Neifert (20th century)