Daily news is a type of newspaper that contains current information and editorials. It is a popular source of information for people who want to stay informed about what is happening in the world. Daily newspapers also contain articles about entertainment, sports, and business.
Founded in 1919, the New York Daily News is one of the oldest and largest tabloids in the United States. Originally called the Illustrated Daily News, it was the first U.S. daily to be printed in tabloid format. The newspaper attracts readers with sensational stories of crime, scandal, and violence, lurid photographs, and cartoons. It was once the highest-circulation newspaper in the country. Today, the paper is owned by tronc and continues to publish from its headquarters in the historic art deco Daily News building in Manhattan.
Although the New York Daily News is not associated with its predecessor, the New York Herald, it has long claimed to be the “Voice of the People” and represents the interests of New York City and the surrounding region. In its early years, the Daily News was heavily influenced by the national right-wing movement centered around William F. Buckley and his National Review. However, the News was far more populist and isolationist in its political outlook than National Review, and it tapped into deep veins of anti-elitism and white working class identity.
During its heyday in the mid-twentieth century, the News earned the nickname “the Tiger Paper.” On its fifty-fifth anniversary, an editorial declared that it would continue to fight like a tiger “for the whole gigantic New York metropolitan area.”
The paper favored a small government and low taxes. It criticized government bureaucracy, foreign policy, and the influence of Communists. In the wake of the Cold War, the News attacked NATO and the European Union. It favored economic nationalism, arguing that the “tiger’s claws are aimed at the slumbering tiger of the Great Depression.”
In its letters to the editor, the Daily News often expressed a wariness or even resentment of nonwhites. Its 1965 editorial on affirmative action in public hiring argued that “No ‘equality’ measure should be adopted unless there is a matching number of jobs earmarked for whites.”
The Daily News also espoused an anti-gay stance, contributing to the Lavender Scare of the 1950s by promoting the belief that homosexuals were more susceptible to seduction and blackmail than straight men. The News echoed the sentiments of mass-circulation right-wing publications such as Hearst’s Washington Times-Herald and Reader’s Digest and helped fuel the hysteria over homosexuals holding government jobs. This was in keeping with the overall theme of the News, which portrayed its readers as a unified, patriotic community bound by ethnic identity and an abiding suspicion of outsiders. It is a common misconception that the Daily News had little political influence during its heyday, and indeed it did have limited impact on elections or national policy at the time. However, it did help shape and reinforce the worldview of its readers and sparked an ideological shift that contributed to the rise of conservatism in post-World War II America.
