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electric_blue68

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5. Back in the Mid-Late1960's it was a liberal leaning newspaper....

Reply to Munu (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 01:50 AM

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Cartoonist - Herblock.

Columnists- Pete Hamill, Jimmy Breslin, Mary McGrory, Art Buchwald, Murry Kempton.

The Daily News was considered more conservative.

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Who else reads the NY Post? [View all] Munu 14 hrs ago OP

Never...even when I commuted on the LIRR to and from the city. GP6971 14 hrs ago #1

Fox News watchers who are literate. Sneederbunk 13 hrs ago #2

Every time I see it at the newstand NJCher 13 hrs ago #3

Unreadable!! First, the endless shitty ad pop-ups... Grins 13 hrs ago #4

Back in the Mid-Late1960's it was a liberal leaning newspaper.... electric_blue68 12 hrs ago #5

Back when "friends of Dorothy" meant this one? Munu 50 min ago #7

Yup. And from wiki: electric_blue68 32 min ago #8

It's tabloid toilet paper. Boomerproud 1 hr ago #6