![]() ![]() One editorial in 1957 blasted “do-gooders,” “world savers,” and “bleeding hearts” for their “giveaway convulsions”-their alleged desire to dish out billions of American taxpayers’ dollars to “Socialist, semi-Socialist, or Fascist countries.” Editorials said immigrants posed a danger to Americans, with one warning in 1945 that “foreigners … want to stream here in millions, share our comparative wealth, and pull down our standard of living.” A 1943 editorial arguing against the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act pinpointed what the News saw as the problem: “Official Washington is infested with do-gooders who want to let the rest of the world in on riches” and to “give away our country.” That notion permeated the editorial page throughout the ’40s and ’50s. embassy building.Įven though immigration in the 1940s was at historic lows and subject to the strictest laws in American history, the News called for further restriction. “The Red Hungarian bosses probably giggled into their cups,” an editorial told readers in 1965, when the State Department didn’t penalize the “bosses” after a mob damaged a U.S. Two decades later, the Communists were still laughing. A 1946 editorial cartoon, for example, showed a jovial Stalin kicking a drunk Uncle Sam in the seat of his pants as Sam buys another round of drinks (aid money) for the Soviet dictator and his comrades. The News also shared Trump’s concern that overly generous international deals made the U.S. Trump has hammered away at the same message since the early days of his campaign last December he announced, “We’re no longer the suckers, folks.” and failing to pay enough for their own defense. Between 19, the Daily News editorial page and its politics column said dozens of times that Uncle Sam had turned into “Uncle Sap” or “Uncle Sucker,” because “so-called allies” in NATO were raking in aid money from the U.S. The overlap between Trump’s rhetoric and the mid-century News is especially striking when it comes to United States foreign policy. Indeed, the paper’s current left-wing politics have obscured the fact that it helped fashion a brand of right-wing populism in the years just before the president’s birth in 1946, and during his childhood, that Trump eventually rode to power. Trump, was a major advertiser in the News and frequently appeared in its real-estate columns in the 1940s and ’50s, young Donald might have encountered it regularly-and, though adult Donald may not realize the connection, he sounds eerily like it now. But the News’ dominance was greatest in white, non-Jewish outer-borough neighborhoods such as Jamaica Estates, where the Trumps lived. In fact, no American newspaper has ever surpassed those numbers. The tabloid was at the time the highest-circulation newspaper in America by far, selling more than 2 million copies each weekday and as many as 4 million on Sundays. ![]() Last week, the paper led with a cartoon depicting Donald Trump shooting “Uncle Sam” in the head on Fifth Avenue, while holding Vladimir Putin’s hand.When Donald Trump was growing up in the 1950s, roughly half of the families in the New York metropolitan area read the New York Daily News. One of two major tabloids in the city, the Daily News is one of the top 10 most circulated papers in the country and is largely known for its often shocking and irreverent covers. Robert York, who is currently the editor of Tronc’s Allentown Pennsylvania paper Morning Call, was announced as Rich’s replacement in the email. Rich also changed his Twitter biography to: “Just a guy sitting at home watching journalism being choked into extinction.” The departure of the Daily News’ managing editor, Kristen Lee, was also announced. In a tweet, the outgoing editor-in-chief, Jim Rich, said: “If you hate democracy and think local governments should operate unchecked and in the dark, then today is a good day for you.” The paper has not to date made any moves that were nearly so dramatic, though under previous management it underwent significant layoffs in 20. The sale launched what has been an ongoing process of reorganization and consolidation of some roles. Last year the financially troubled paper was purchased for $1 by the Chicago-based publishing company Tronc, formerly known as Tribune Media. The move is poised to shrink the editorial team, which once numbered more than 250 according to former staffers, down to about 40 full-time employees.ĭaily News staffers said the email was preceded by a brief meeting, lasting less than a minute, at the paper’s headquarters on Monday morning. In an email circulated to staff, executives said they had been working hard to transform the paper into “a truly digital-focused enterprise” but that they “have not gone far enough”.Īlong with the 50% cut, the email said the paper will be refocusing on “breaking news – especially in areas of crime, civil justice and public responsibility.” ![]()
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