Lincoln Letter

This is in repsonse to the letter to the editor that Abraham Lincoln sent to Horace Greeley of the New York Tribune, on August 22, 1862. It's interesting to see that the president would actually write a letter to a newspaper. Back then, newspapers were the biggest media outlet. There was no radio, television, internet, ect. Considering the options, sending letters to newspapers was the largest possible forum. I know that now the president could never send a letter to the editor, but I am surprised at how many larger politicians seem to. This was mentioned numerous times in our readings. I imagine that newspapers today do you get letters signed George Bush, claiming that they are the president, by either people making a joke or perhaps someone who's mentally challenged. I think if a newspaper were to get a letter from the president, it would have to have an official seal that looked convincing, in order to even consider the possibility of printing it.