Abraham Lincoln enjoyed no press honeymoon at all. Long subject to condemnation and ridicule by Democratic newspapers, he failed to win their praise even when he summoned the "better angels of our nature" at his first inaugural -- a line that Joe Biden quoted at his. To the New York Herald, Lincoln's speech "would have caused a Washington to mourn, and would have inspired a Jefferson, Madison, or Jackson with contempt." Revenge came swiftly. Within four months, the Lincoln administration began shutting down anti-war, anti-Republican Northern newspapers and arresting their editors. … [Read more...] about What history tells us about Biden’s press honeymoon
