ABC, BARBARA WALTERS AWARDED `P.U.-LITZER PRIZES'

ABC, BARBARA WALTERS AWARDED `P.U.-LITZER PRIZES'

SAN FRANCISCO (Wireless Flash) -- You've heard of the Pulitzer Prize -- well, now there's the "P.U.-litzer Prize." The dubious honor is handed out every year by media critic Norman Solomon to honor the "stinkiest media performances of the year." He claims Barbara Walters deserves a P.U.-litzer this year for turning eight episodes of her daytime talk show, "The View," into infomercials promoting Campbell's soup. Other winners include ABC News, for refusing to cover a news story concerning a cruise ship rival of its parent company Disney, and "The New York Times" for giving the Starbucks coffee chain free advertising in exchange for the "Times" in its shops.