book on history of NY Post, subway content?

On Aug 27, 10:11 am, hanco...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
> On Aug 26, 12:24 am, "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@> wrote:
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> > So your constant comparisons with SEPTA are also smoke-blowing?
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> It makes no sense that one would opposed to comparing NYC transit
> operations to that of another city. In some ways NYC could come out
> better, which would be a counter-point to uninformed critics who gripe
> about the MTA. In other ways there might be something the MTA could
> learn to improve its operations.
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> Of course another reason for such comparisons, indeed a very good one,
> is that they annoy you and bring out another of your hissy-fits.

You now claim to have nothing to do with Philadelphia, but you
constantly compare SEPTA, and only SEPTA, to transit in New York.

On Aug 26, 12:09 am, "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@> wrote:
> On Aug 25, 10:02 pm, "Sancho Panza" <otterpo...@xm> wrote:
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> > "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@> wrote in messagenews:1187984374.855079.175570@z24g2000prh.g ooglegro...
> > > On Aug 24, 2:13 pm, hanco...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
> > >> On Aug 24, 11:37 am, "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@> wrote:
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> > >> > Schiff
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> > >> Thanks. With that, Amazon came up with the reference*:
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> > >> The Lady Upstairs: Dorothy Schiff and the New York Post by
> > >> Marilyn Nissenson
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> > >> Amazon allowed a look at the index, nothing about subways. Only a few
> > >> pages on La Guardia, I think Schiff took over on the tail end of the
> > >> La Guardia era. I didn't realize she held onto it that long.
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> > >> >From the reviews it seems like it's an interesting book.
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> > > The Post was one of the few survivors of the 1962 newspaper strike --
> > > NYC went from a 7-paper town to a 3-paper town. I think Dorothy Schiff
> > > was independently wealthy and kept the Post going as the city's ultra-
> > > liberal paper.
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> > It was 1966. The paper that suffered after '62 was Winchell's Mirror.
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> What was 1966? The strike was in 1962-63. Did the WJT last three years?-

No. The Trib, the Telly and the Journal did. The Mirror didn't. the
first three merged in '66. Lasted till '67.

On Aug 24, 10:42 pm, Bolwerk <bolw...@> wrote:
> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> > On Aug 24, 2:13 pm, hanco...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
> >> On Aug 24, 11:37 am, "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@> wrote:
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> >>> Schiff
> >> Thanks. With that, Amazon came up with the reference*:
>
> >> The Lady Upstairs: Dorothy Schiff and the New York Post by
> >> Marilyn Nissenson
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> >> Amazon allowed a look at the index, nothing about subways. Only a few
> >> pages on La Guardia, I think Schiff took over on the tail end of the
> >> La Guardia era. I didn't realize she held onto it that long.
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> >> >From the reviews it seems like it's an interesting book.
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> > The Post was one of the few survivors of the 1962 newspaper strike --
> > NYC went from a 7-paper town to a 3-paper town. I think Dorothy Schiff
> > was independently wealthy and kept the Post going as the city's ultra-
> > liberal paper.
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> That's the strike that kind of made the evening TV news respectable, right?
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> > Then Murdoch bought it.
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> > The papers that didn't make it were the Mirror (Daily News's direct
> > competition), the Herald Tribune (Times's closest competitor), the
> > World Telegram and Sun, and the Journal American. The last three
> > combined as the World Journal Tribune for a short time. The
> > International Herald Tribune is all that survives, and I believe it's
> > now owned by the New York Times.
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> > Note that this is not on topic for nyc.transit.- Hide quoted text -
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Heck, then you might even want that loony Abe Hirscheld back. He's the
one who drove Pete Hamill to drink. :))

On Aug 27, 12:47 pm, hanco...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
> On Aug 27, 11:39 am, "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@> wrote:
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> > You now claim to have nothing to do with Philadelphia, but you
> > constantly compare SEPTA, and only SEPTA, to transit in New York.
>
> When you have one of your hissy fits, try to at least get the facts
> straight.

What fact is crooked?

Not to mention, you're blinded by Mosesolatry.

On Aug 27, 10:02 pm, "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@> wrote:
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> What fact is crooked?

Crooked is not quite the word to use when it comes to you.

The British would use the word, 'bent.'