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He is best known as TV critic for The Washington Post; in 1988 Shales received the Pulitzer Prize.  . C.

He also writes a column for the television news trade publication NewsPro publiTom Shalesd by Crain Communications. He is best known as TV critic for The Washington Post; in 1988 Shales received the Pulitzer Prize. Thomas William "Tom" Shales (born November 3 1944) is an American critic of television programming and operations.