# Identical Front Pages on NY Post and Daily News **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 20, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identical-front-pages-on-ny-post-and-daily-news/777638 "2017-01-20T16:42:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identical-front-pages-on-ny-post-and-daily-news/777638/1 "2017-01-20T16:42:16Z")
> **[Meeting Their Match: Tabloids' Inauguration Headlines Are Identical](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-york-post-new-york-daily-news-inauguration-headline_n_5881f21ae4b096b4a2312362?bblzfaw4crvk7qfr=)** > > Even the photos are almost the same. _Don of a New Day_ as the headline, with nearly identical pictures. > [@](#): > > When it came to following this year’s presidential inauguration, these rival newspapers were on the same page. > NBC Nightly News’ Bradd Jaffy pointed out Thursday night that New York City’s major tabloids, the New York Post and New York Daily News, used the same cover headline. Even the photos were moments apart from being identical. The last time I recall this was when \*\*National Geographic, Smithsonian, \*\* and **scientific American** all ran the same photo of volcanos on Io back in January of 1980: [http://lindamorabito.com/about.html](http://lindamorabito.com/about.html) > **[SMITHSONIAN Connections ~ When covers were in unison: January 1980](http://ngscollectors.ning.com/forum/topics/smithsonian-connections-when-covers-were-in-unison-january-1980)** > >   > 35 January's ago ... >   > I was perusing some Smithsonian magazines in my collection this month, and came upon this letter to the editor, on page 18 of the Marc… ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identical-front-pages-on-ny-post-and-daily-news/777638/2 "2017-01-20T17:09:17Z")
Well, when he gets impeached, I’m sure both will have identical “Unpresidented!” covers. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identical-front-pages-on-ny-post-and-daily-news/777638/3 "2017-01-21T22:41:38Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > The last time I recall this was when \*\*National Geographic, Smithsonian, \*\* and **scientific American** all ran the same photo of volcanos on Io back in January of 1980 [9/11 is another example.](https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1600&bih=770&q=9%2F11+newspaper+front+pages&oq=9%2F11+newspaper&gs_l=img.1.5.0l6j0i30k1l4.4322.14522.0.17528.14.14.0.0.0.0.120.1314.12j2.14.0....0...1.1.64.img..0.14.1310.3k_u2JiWZho) When Bin Laden died, newspapers apparently had two photos to choose - [one facing left, the other right.](https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1600&bih=770&site=imghp&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=bin+laden+dead+newspaper+covers&oq=bin+laden+&gs_l=img.1.0.0i67k1l2j0l3j0i67k1j0l4.126448.129088.0.133324.10.10.0.0.0.0.137.1006.7j3.10.0....0...1.1.64.img..0.10.1001.63sq21iFqdc) ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identical-front-pages-on-ny-post-and-daily-news/777638/4 "2017-01-22T01:16:52Z")
I’m surprised by the Daily News front page . Their election coverage was distinctly anti-Trump. They ran headlines such as “Clown Runs For President” and “Trump Is Hitler”. I expected a different tone from them, maybe something like “Apocalypse Now” ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identical-front-pages-on-ny-post-and-daily-news/777638/5 "2017-01-22T01:56:46Z")
Consider the implications of “Don” in their area of distribution. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identical-front-pages-on-ny-post-and-daily-news/777638/6 "2017-01-22T03:22:04Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Consider the implications of “Don” in their area of distribution. I started calling him Teflon Don a while ago when any despicable thing he did or said only strengthened his base and encouraged him further. Very much like the original.