that's as if margery tiven who is bloomberg's sister and serves as the commissioner for protocol instead had beaten out jill abrahamson for editor at the "new york times." it's totally alien to the relationship between the public and the press today. in fact, when lincoln sought reelection in 1864, his campaign manager was the publisher of the "new york times," henry raymond. and before that sounds unshl, the publisher of the democratic paper the new york world was the campaign -- was the national chairman for lincoln's opponent for the presidency. press, competition, and outspokenness only intensified exponentially with secession and war. before his inaugural, lincoln told a group of senators and congressmen freedom of the press was necessary to a free government, but he changed his mind. he changed his mind in 1861. a period of trauma, a challenge to the very survival of free government, when traditional opponents became enemies and criticism was seen by many as sedition. lincoln concluded he must save the whole constitution even if it meant temporarily sacrificing specific guarantees.