Or, do forget them? This award seems much more mean-spirited. It smells like the sort of thing someone makes when they're complaining about "cancel culture" in bad faith.
> Zoe Schiffer has been awarded the Toohey Award for irresponsible journalism for her hit piece.
> She wins a 'Yellow Pen' and loses her credibility.
"Loses her credibility" is a very strong claim to try to make with any sort of objectivity. Personally, I read the source article that sparked the nomination, and I can't see what the issue is. As a queer person, I'm happy the article exists to raise attention to this sort of company culture.
The fact that the awards are named after a caricature of bad journalism 100 years ago in an Ayn Rand novel I think suggests a lot about the thinking behind the awards.
Since there's no indication of any nominations, process or criteria other than one particular journalist being singled out for one particular long form piece criticising one particular startup company, my only question is which person working for that company thought that making a website to snipe at the journalist would actually be a good idea?
> Zoe Schiffer has been awarded the Toohey Award for irresponsible journalism for her hit piece.
> She wins a 'Yellow Pen' and loses her credibility.
"Loses her credibility" is a very strong claim to try to make with any sort of objectivity. Personally, I read the source article that sparked the nomination, and I can't see what the issue is. As a queer person, I'm happy the article exists to raise attention to this sort of company culture.