education, and we're all his beneficiaries." Jeff Cohen, the founder of the media watch group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) stated: Michael Moore has named The Media Monopoly the most influential book he ever read. Robert W. McChesney, who cites Bagdikian as one of the strongest influences on him, called Bagdikian one of the finest journalists of the 20th century. McChesney argued that Bagdikian was "certainly accorded more respect by working journalists" than Herman and Chomsky, the authors of Manufacturing Consent, due to their perceived radicalism, in contrast to Bagdikian's liberal views. Progressive journalist and writer John Nichols, writing for The Nation, called Bagdikian a "pioneering media reformer." In an interview with Democracy Now!, he said of Bagdikian : The Pentagon Papers controversy at The Washington Post was recounted in the Steven Spielberg film The Post (2017), where Bagdikian was played by Bob Odenkirk. Awards and honors Peabody Award (1950) Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, Edition Time (staff contributor; 1953) Hillman Prize (1956) for his series on civil liberties Guggenheim Fellowship (1961) James Madison Award (1998) Bagdikian received honorary degrees, among others, from Brown University (Doctor of Humane Letters, 1961), Clark University (Doctor of Letters, 1963), Berkeley Citation from University of California, Berkeley (equivalent of an honorary degree, 1990), University of Rhode Island (Doctor of Letters, 1992). He was the commencement speaker of the 1972 Journalism Convocation of Northwestern University. The fellowship program of the progressive magazine Mother Jones is named for Bagdikian due to his "professional record, his personal integrity, and his commitment to social justice." Bagdikian was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame on October 30, 2016. According to the board he had "long and significant ties to Rhode Island." References Bibliography External links American media critics American journalism academics University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism faculty 20th-century American journalists 20th-century American newspaper editors American newspaper reporters and correspondents American investigative journalists American political writers The Washington Post people The Providence Journal people American people of Armenian descent 20th-century American memoirists American male non-fiction writers Peabody Award winners Clark University alumni American Unitarian Universalists United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II United States Army Air Forces officers Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to the United States Armenians from the Ottoman Empire 1920 births 2016 deaths