The Press: New Look at the News

The New York Daily News is not only the nation's largest daily (circ. 1.9 million) but also the only tabloid left with a front page right out of The Front Page. Some recent screamers: PAL'S INFO LED TO SLAY SUSPECT; COPS TOSS BASH, HOOK 42 HOODS; and, when the White House first ruled out federal aid for New York City a month ago, FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD.

Feisty headlines are an old fixture at the News, which has long delighted straphangers with such morning eye-openers as SICK TRANSIT, INGLORIOUS MONDAY after a brief...

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