CSPAN Q A November 3, 2014
Might have been in the 19th century both in terms of press culture and in terms of lincoln, almost imagining someone i would have worked for. What would he have required . Would he have been as difficult, demanding, i should say . He owned a german newspaper . [laughter] you have to imagine a press culture in which politics and journalism was interlocking. They were part of the same power culture. Newspapers were Party Organizations through and through. Lincoln had political newspapers that favored him in illinois, the surrounding area. This was prepresident ial. So, he wants to be president b...