[WilliamofCarmichael]

RE: Lincoln shut down hundreds of newspapers

Authors Say Lincoln Was No. 1 Enemy of the Press by Geoffrey R. Stone

. . . some 300 allegedly disloyal newspapers were shut down, at least temporarily, by military and civilian authorities, and mobs often attacked anti-administration presses for what was considered their disloyal expression.

A review of Lincoln's Wrath By Jeffrey Manber and Neil Dahlstrom.

Some say he did and some say he did not. I say he did. To say otherwise IMO is like saying Obama and the Rat Party (formerly the traditional, patriotic Democratic Party) oppose the "Fairness Doctrine."

He did order the military shutdown some newspapers.

Some say that Lincoln did not stop attacks on others thus giving tacit approval of at least a temporary shutdown. IMO they are correct.

Thanks for the information about Jefferson Davis. However I do not believe that Lincoln did not "nationalize" to some extent some aspects of the economy.

[Non-Sequitur]

Some say he did and some say he did not. I say he did.

Well then if over 300 newspapers were shut down it shouldn't be hard to name fifty or sixty of them. Have at it.