[hapnHal]

This is “OLD NEWS”, really old news, but is IT?
Time to shut down bandit News Papers and start arresting people.

[BobL]

“Lincoln Administration Seizes Opposition Newspapers”

Hmmm.

[SuperLuminal]

Might say that this is the birth of “fake news”...

Certainly the examples of “fakeness” given do not rise to the level of BS in the current every-day occurrences in today’s msm...

[ml/nj]

Trump has no power to seize newspapers; and NEITHER DID LINCOLN.

ML/NJ

[SanchoP]

NO! What needs to be destroyed is the myth of “unbiased news”. My solution would be to dig up Walter Cronkite,do some reconstructive forensics and hang him in the DC mall for the next 100 yrs.

[Viking2002]

The media have been instigating and propagandizing the facts long enough. Start shuttering news outlets and frog-marching ‘journalists’ into jail cells via the courtroom, consequences be damned. The Washington ComPost and New York Slimes are two good launching pads to start shining some sunlight on their closet sedition and subversion, IMHO. The ComPost likes their pretentious, hypocritical banner ‘Democracy Dies In Darkness’, eh? How about, ‘Your First Amendment Rights Stop Where The Truth Begins’?

[mumblypeg]

Very interesting.
:^)

[Cold Heart]

The irony is that Stanton is suspect in the assassination of Lincoln.

[foreverfree]

Bump

[Political Junkie Too]

a messenger pretending to be from the Associated Press news service delivers a forged presidential proclamation to a number of New York City newspapers. The proclamation calls for 400,000 more troops through either voluntary enlistment or a new draft. It makes the Union Army seem desperate.

Even in 1864, this would fit the definition of a military disinformation campaign aimed at destabilizing the enemy. Did the allies ever try to send fake orders to Nazi troops in WWII? Didn't we drop flyers on cities to make the people feel desperate and maybe turn on the Nazis?

Imagine if we found an Axis Annie or Tokyo Rose operating from a radio station within the United States. Would the President have the authority to shut down that media outlet?

If a newspaper began publishing troop movements or intercepted battle plans, would the President have the authority to shut down that media outlet?

If a newspaper began publishing fake troop movements or fake battle plans to incite domestic confusion and doubt on a war effort, would the President have the authority to shut down that media outlet?

-PJ

[jmacusa]

Yes. The writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended , unless in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. Article 1, Section 9 US Constitution.