Mike Jaccarino on America's Last Great Newspaper War (3/20/20)
When author Mike Jaccarino was offered a job at the Daily News in 2006, he was asked a single question, “kid, what are you going to do to help us beat the Post?” That was the year things went sideways at the Daily News, when the New York Post surpassed its nemesis in circulation for the first time in the history of both papers. Mike’s new book “America's Last Great Newspaper War: The Death of Print in a Two-Tabloid Town” is a behind-the-scenes story of the lengths both sides’ runners and shooters would do in hopes of scooping their print rival. Join us for a look back at this epic struggle for the hearts and minds of New York City newspaper readers in this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI.