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 by 1859. German immigrants are flooding into the west, voting eligible german immigrants. They have their own german language newspapers. Lincoln found out that this fellow had a newspaper in the southern part of the state but his progressive views didnt fly there. He went bust. He said the name of the paper and moved his Printing Press to springfield, it illinois. Then he got into some financial t
Harold holzer, another lincoln book. Lincoln and the power of the press, what number is this for you . 47 including coauthored. Books and edited books. I dont want to inflate the number. You and i have chatted about lincoln for 21 years. How do you keep doing this . I get an inspiration or an invitation to pursue a path that hasnt been pursued before. For me, this was more inspiration than invitation. I plunge into it. I love doing research, i love doing writing. I love the conversation. What about the inspiration for the press . Where did that come from . It came from my dual careers over the years. I was a journalist for about three or four years. I became a Government Public Affairs person for a member of congress, first aid wide new for statewide new york political campaigns, for the mayor of new york. How government relates to the press was always part of my life. Still is at the metropolitan museum. We work with Government Relations as well as press relations. Just the idea perco
This is al jazeera, im richelle carey. Mounting evidence this afternoon about the possible use of chemical weapons in syria. Doctors without borders say more than 3500 people were treated for neurotoxic symptoms. 355 of them died. Meanwhile, syrian tv say soldiers have found nerve agents in tunnels rebels in damascus. President obama has been meeting with National Security advisers to discuss a possible response to these incidents of chemical weapons in syria. Earlier we spoke to richard murphy, ambassador to syria. The likelihood of an attack of this scope mounted by the opposition as the secretary of Foreign Ministry said vanishing and near zero. Some feel the Syrian Government is accountable. You united statethe united statd that but they are getting ready for action. We have seen the pictures, theyre difficult to watch. Tell whats some of these stomps arsymptoms that were seeing. Let me explain what were doing in syria and what our deployment is there. Please. Were running six hosp
Syria. The images were taken soon after the alleged chemical weapons attack and appear to show men, women, children and animals that died suddenly in the streets. At the same time, theres no pressure on syria to cooperate with u. N. Investigators. First, this warning, the pictures are extremely graphic. We have a report from syria. There seems little doubt that some sort of chemical weapon killed these people. This video was shot by an independent journalist for britains i. T. V. News. Victims lie where they fell, men and women, some with their children at their side, their faces con torted in pain, frozen in the agonizing moments they died. Whatever killed these People Killed in discriminately, a cat, a flock of sheep, and only feet away, a small creator and exploded metal, evidence, witnesses say of one of the missiles that delivered whatever ended these peoples lives. It was a small explosion. When we went down to see whats going on, we smelled a strange odor. People said we need to
Alberta Standardbred Horse Association honoured the top performers from the 2023 harness racing season during the Award Night on Saturday (Mar. 9). There was no surprise that Shark Week (Vertical Horizon) took home Horse of the Year. The now six-year-old gelding won 20 times and earned $141,990 in 2023 last here. He also achieved the