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The History behind
the New York Post
New York is known for many things,
the Statue of Liberty, New York fashion
week and among other things, HBO's Sex
and the City. But before we forget,
oftentimes overshadowed by the immensely
popular the New York Times, there's
another popular New York daily newspaper
that has actually been around as far
back as in the 1800s.
The New York Evening Post or the New
York Post, was actually founded by
Alexander Hamilton, who then chose
William Coleman to be its first
editor-in-chief way back in the New York
Post's humble beginnings. After William
Coleman's short reign as the New York
Post's editor-in-chief, he was then
replaced by another William, a William
Cullen Bryant, way back in 1829. A
fruitful 50 year reign as the New York
Post's editor-in chief, William Cullent
Bryant was a staunch believer of
defending the rights of those who are
being enslaved, William Cullent Bryant
also showed strong support for the
emerging trade union back then. He even
went as far as defending the strike of
the Society of Journeyman Tailors by
trying to link their strike with slavery
back in June 1836.
The year 1881 had the New York Post
welcoming Henry Villard at its helm.
Henry Villard was a German immigrant
possessing strong political views, had a
profound influence on the New York Post.
He then tapped Carl Schurz who was
another German radical thinker to be the
new managing editor of the New York
Post. But Carl Schurz career with the
New York Post was short-lived, he was
actually replaced by the former editor
of the Nation (another publication that
was owned by Henry Villard), a man named
Edwin Godkin stepped up to manage the
New York Post.Henry Villard's death back
in the 1900s brought the New York Post
to the hands of Villard's son, Oswald
Garrison Villard, who, like his father,
also had radical views and opinions
concerning politics, women's suffrage,
reform in the trade union and (like his
father) fighting for equal rights
African Americans.
A true advocate for human rights, Oswald
Garrison Villard was one of the founding
members of the National Association for
the Advancement of Coloured People or
NAACP as well as the American Civil
Liberties Union or ACTU. In spite of
being headstrong with his advocacies,
Oswald Garrison Villard was also a
popular pacifist, he highly opposed for
the American's participation in the
first World War. But this proved to
backfire on him as his readers were
strong supporters of patriotism so
Oswald Garrison Villard, due to the
protests of his readers and the pulling
out of his advertisers, was forced to
sell the New York Post in the year
1918.1939 saw the New York Post with
Dorothy Schiff at its helm. Schiff then
asked Ted Thackrey as its new
editor-in-chief, who actually turned the
daily into a streamlined tabloid. Still
its politics driven format was still
being incorporated by the New York
Post's new editor-in-chief, it highly
supported progressive politics and was
actually the only newspaper in New York
City who openly supported the campaign
of the democratic party's presidential
bet, Adlai Stevenson.
But Schiff's stay with the New York Post
ended with Australian Rupert Murdoch
acquiring the newspaper back in 1977.
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