In a segment blasting ExxonMobil for shirking its responsibility for the oil spill in Mayflower, Ark., Rachel Maddow singled out the Arkansas Times for its coverage of the disaster, adding, “If you ask me, I think the Arkansas Times should be considered for a Pulitzer for their excellent and indispensable coverage of the Mayflower Oil Spill since it first happened in March and continuing now.”
That quote comes at the 3:30 mark:
Earlier this summer, the paper raised over $26K for a joint reporting project with InsideClimate News to continue investigating the spill.