The New York Daily News and the History of Conservative Media. Issue 3 (November 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pressman, Matthew
• Is Part Of: Modern American history. Volume 4:Issue 3(2021)
• Page Start: 219
• Page End: 238
• Publication Date: 2021-11
• Subjects: Post-1945 -- Journalism and Mass Media -- Conservatism and the Right -- Populism and Nationalism -- Anti-Communism and Red Scares; United States -- History -- 19th century -- Periodicals; United States -- History -- 20th century -- Periodicals; United States -- History -- 21st century -- Periodicals; 973.9005
• DOI: 10.1017/mah.2021.17
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2515-0456

Abstract

Abstract : The media outlets usually identified as building blocks of New Right are niche ideological journals (such as National Review ) and radio broadcasts. As crucial as these outlets were, other mainstream publications propagating similar ideas had a far greater reach—foremost among them the New York Daily News, the highest-circulation newspaper in the country. From the 1940s through the 1960s, the Daily News espoused a conservative populism further right than National Review, binding its readers into a community based on anti-elitism and white working-class identity.