Nobel Peace Prize

Today at 10:30 in the morning the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to President Obama. If this had happened before the computer age, the world wouldn't have known until the next day. However, with the New York Times constantly updating the online edition we were able to read an article that was printed October 10th on October 9th.

Overall, the article was a good read although I'm not sure there was enough information in the article. Obviously with so little time between when the announcement was made and when the article was written there wasn't enough time to get a lot of detailed information. However, this article does do a good job of recounting everyones reactions to the announcement. I would have liked to see some more information regarding from the perspective of the decision-makers involved with the Nobel Peace Prize. Maybe some information regarding how recipients are usually chosen or even a couple of past recipients. Yes, the article mentioned Nelson Mandela and Lech Walesa, but it didn't mention Jimmy Carter or Henry Kissinger.

Also, another semi-unrelated thing I noted: the article referred to President Obama as Mr. Obama the entire article. His title right now is President not Mr. If we refer to senators as Sen. So-and-so then shouldn't Mr. Obama be President Obama? Just a thought.