In case my fellow journalists and SEJ conference attendees also woke up and wondered if a huge hoax was in progress:
Yes, it's true. President Barack Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons...Thanks to Obama’s initiative, the USA is now playing a more constructive role in meeting the great climatic challenges the world is confronting. Democracy and human rights are to be strengthened."
Apparently a spasm of horror is progressing across the web, originating with the usual suspects at a minimum. More as I have time to condense some coverage...now, on to listening to Al Gore keynote the conference.
