The North Shore Leader

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The North Shore Leader
Type Weekly newspaper
Owner(s)Lally Communications
PublisherGrant M. Lally
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters Locust Valley, New York, United States
Circulation ~20,000 [1]
Website TheLeaderOnline.com

The North Shore Leader is a weekly newspaper that serves the North Shore area of Long Island, New York. [1] As of 2022, The Leader has a circulation of around 20,000 people. [1]

The newspaper was founded in 1955 by John W. Knott Jr. and has been published continuously since then. It covers news, sports, and events in the North Shore area and aims to provide a forum for local voices and perspectives. It was acquired by the Lally family in the late 1990s. [2]

Congressman George Santos

In late 2022, questions about American politician George Santos' finances emerged in September 2022 in The North Shore Leader [3] with no other news outlet reporting on the story before the election. [2] In the October 20, 2022, edition of the newspaper listing political endorsements, it said, "This newspaper would like to endorse a Republican for US Congress in NY3 (Oyster Bay, N Hempstead, NE Queens). But the GOP nominee – George Santos – is so bizarre, unprincipled and sketchy that we cannot." [4] The paper's publisher himself ran as a Republican for the same seat in previous years, and their coverage was inspired by tips from those active in local business and party politics. [2]

On December 19, 2022, The New York Times published an exposé related to the issues around Santos, leading to a followup piece for the Leader titled, "The Leader Told You So: US Rep-Elect George Santos is a Fraud – and Wanted Criminal." [5]

In December 2022, it was named as a recipient of an Americana Award from Semafor for, "The Cassandra prize for best unheeded warning" and its reporting on Santos. [6]

On January 5, 2023, publisher Grant Lally gave an interview to WNYC public radio described more details on Santos. "He took one local political leader on a 5 or 6 hour odyssey, across the North Shore of Long Island pointing out lavish homes and claiming he owned them... It was lie on lie on lie on lie." [7]

In a January 9 television interview with PBS NewsHour he spoke of the reaction of other publishers of small newspapers: ". . . they're very cheered by this development that we were able to break this story. And it is now a national story, unfortunately, but it is a national story. And we broke it. And it has reenergized a lot of the local newsrooms here in New York, but, also, I think, global — around the U.S." [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Cohen, LS (December 20, 2022). "George Santos Story Broke by Local LI Newspaper Months Ago". LongIsland.com.
  2. 1 2 3 Ellison, Sarah (December 29, 2022). "A tiny paper broke the George Santos scandal, but no one paid attention". The Washington Post . Archived from the original on December 29, 2022. Retrieved December 30, 2022. a tiny publication on Long Island […] The North Shore Leader wrote in September, when few others were covering Santos, about his "inexplicable rise" in reported net worth — from essentially nothing in 2020 to as much as $11 million two years later. […] no one followed its story before Election Day.
  3. Daly, Maureen (November 1, 2022). "Santos Filings Now Claim Net Worth of $11 Million". theleader. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  4. "Endorsements for U.S. Congress" (PDF). The North Shore Leader. Vol. 76, no. 3. October 20, 2022. p. 4.
  5. Fitzgerald, Niall (December 20, 2022). "The Leader Told You So: US Rep-Elect George Santos is a Fraud – and Wanted Criminal". theleader. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  6. Weigel, David (December 30, 2022). "The Inaugural Americana Awards". Semafor . Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  7. "The North Shore Leader is a tiny LI newspaper who says George Santos has been lying to their community for years". WNYC. January 5, 2023. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
  8. "Small, local paper uncovered and reported George Santos scandal before November election". PBS NewsHour. January 9, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2023.