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The New York Post was an experiment to see if a somewhat conservative newspaper could stay somewhat conservative in a liberal cesspool like New York City. It failed.


8 posted on 12/01/2015 6:48:52 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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IIRC, the NY Post was founded by Alexander Hamilton (yep, the Alexander Hamilton).


25 posted on 12/01/2015 7:01:38 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: jmaroneps37
The New York Post was an experiment to see if a somewhat conservative newspaper could stay somewhat conservative in a liberal cesspool like New York City. It failed.

Actually it apparently wasn't a conservative paper beforehand, and Rupert had no intention of making it so:

http://www.ultimate70s.com/seventies_history/19761120/news

(Story #5 on that page)

57 posted on 12/01/2015 7:58:35 AM PST by PermaRag (If Trayvon had a father, he'd look just like Obama)
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The New York Post is still pretty conservative.
68 posted on 12/01/2015 9:08:24 AM PST by TBP (Nous sommes tout Francais.)
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