Awards and Recognition
Friedman has won the Pulitzer Prize three times:
- 1983: for his coverage of the war in Lebanon. A distinguished example of international reporting;
- 1988: for coverage of Israel: a distinguished example of reporting on international affairs;
- 2002: for his commentary illuminating the worldwide impact of the terrorist threat.
In addition, in 2005 he was elected as a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board.
American Journalist, author and former civil rights litigator Glenn Greenwald wrote in Salon July 25, 2012 "His status among American elites is the single most potent fact for understanding the nation's imperial decline."
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