WOW! Trump got nominated for the "Noble [sic] Peace Prize"!

Isn’t that amazing?

This THREAD explains why not… 1/

The Nobel Peace Prize winner is chosen by the Nobel Committee, which consists of 5 members and a Secretary.

* They receive nominations over a seven month period.
* In recent years, the number of nominations exceeded 300 per year. 2/

via https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/Organization/Nobel-Committee

The group of potential nominators is large:

* Any member of parliament or government of any state;
* Any professor of history, social sciences, law, philosophy, theology, and religion;
* People associated with various courts and the Nobel Committee. 3/

https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/Nomination/Criteria-for-nominators

Since I am eligible, I decided to make the test.

You can submit a Nobel Peace Prize nomination online. All it requires is:

(1) nominee’s name;
(2) headline (50 words);
(3) justification (400 words).

Depending on your effort, this can be done in 2 hrs.
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To make matters more interesting, I decided to nominate Donald Trump’s European nemesis: Angela Merkel.

Here’s what I decided for the headline:
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Just in case you're interested, that’s the longer justification: 6/

A couple more clicks and my nomination was submitted.

Within a minute, I received an email from the Nobel Committee, encouraging me to submit *more* nominations.

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So, here you go, it’s official:

**BREAKING NEWS**

German Chancellor Angela Merkel Nominated for 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

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I did this for 2 reasons:

(1) To highlight the absurdity of Trump's bragging;
(2) Because I actually believe that Merkel deserves the prize.

Even if you disagree w/ (2), there’s nothing wrong in Trump facing a bit of competition.

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Let’s see what you think. Who deserves the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize?

There's a lesson for journalists here too: after the White House issued an official statement, thousands of stories appeared in the international press, making it look like the nomination really was a big deal. Once again, the media fell for it... 11/