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John Van Doorn (not verified) says:
The story and the lamentable comments ignore the basics: from its inception on Sept. 3, 1940, Newsday has been one of the great stories of success in American journalism. Maybe the greatest.
Under the leadership of its founder, Alicia Patterson, and early editors such as Alan Hathway, Bill McIlwain and Al Marlens --- later Tony Insolia, Tony Marro, Howie Schneider and Les Payne --- the paper was a study, first, in tough reporting and snappy writing.
Later it seemed to fancy itself a little New York Times, becoming more serious and somewhat less amusing. That's what sobriety will do for you. Yet it did depth pretty well in the mid-years, and did it with distinction later on. Just count its Pulitzers.
It was, and remains, one of the nation's best papers. At times it was THE best in the New York region. To forget that is a severe disservice to Newsday and its astounding newsroom down the decades.
The story and the lamentable comments ignore the basics: from its inception on Sept. 3, 1940, Newsday has been one of the great stories of success in American journalism. Maybe the greatest.
Under the leadership of its founder, Alicia Patterson, and early editors such as Alan Hathway, Bill McIlwain and Al Marlens --- later Tony Insolia, Tony Marro, Howie Schneider and Les Payne --- the paper was a study, first, in tough reporting and snappy writing.
Later it seemed to fancy itself a little New York Times, becoming more serious and somewhat less amusing. That's what sobriety will do for you. Yet it did depth pretty well in the mid-years, and did it with distinction later on. Just count its Pulitzers.
It was, and remains, one of the nation's best papers. At times it was THE best in the New York region. To forget that is a severe disservice to Newsday and its astounding newsroom down the decades.
Show it the respect it deserves, please.