Back in the early seventies when all the radical bombings were happening in mid-town NYC, there were many times our design office worked very late. A few of us single guys would retire to a hole in the wall bar across the street from the back of the NY Daily News building. Got chances to talk to some old time reporters before the sainted coming of "The Journalists" and PC. The old timers did real reporting of local government and crime beats and had great stories.
The quality of reporting was going downhill well before the advent of the interwebs.
Historic trivia-photo of The New York Daily News Building lobby.
Always thought it was the inspiration for "Superman Comics" Daily Planet, but Wiki says no.