NY Daily News Donald Trump ‘Mindless Zombies’ Cover Shows How Blind Paper Has Become

Mediaite.com:

But here’s where the Daily News made a huge mistake today: This latest cover didn’t attack Trump as much as it ridiculed his supporters… the same kind that propelled him to a victory in New Hampshire — a state carried by Barack Obama twice — by a 2-to-1 margin over his next closest competitor. Nationwide, Trump is the clear frontrunner for his party’s nomination. He appeals to the kind of populist, blue collar folks that the Daily News usually appeals to. And when you mock millions as being brain-dead, as zombies, you alienate many of them to the point they — out of principle and mistrust — won’t ever buy your paper again. 

So when the Daily News announces it next round of layoffs or shows losses growing to $25 million and wonders where it went wrong, think back to covers like this. Attack Trump all you like. But leave his supporters out of it, who are more diverse ideologically than the paper may realize. 

Same goes for the running joke The Huffington Post has become. You may recall last summer that the online publication declared it would relegate its Trump coverage to the entertainment section only. Bold stand, right? At least until its traffic suffered to the point that it pathetically capitulated on that policy months later as Trump’s poll numbers continued to rise as his media dominance grew to unprecedented heights. 

As a New Yorker, I read the NY Daily News every day and the real culprit behind the paper's uber-Left politics isn't the owner as much as it is Mike Lupica. The paper's longtime sportswiter-turned-political columnist who makes no secret for his bitter hatred towards Republicans and conservatives in general. Lupica is not only a snarky weasel and scumbag, but pretty powerful over there and I long stopped reading his articles awhile ago.

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