I used to laugh reading about politics in Abraham Lincoln's time: distribution of news was, at best, iffy and journalists made up stories to suit their political/social viewpoint. Remarkably like today. The Internet is indeed wondrous. Thanks to the trolls, we're back to where we were in 1860 again.

"Fake news isn’t a recent problem in the US — it almost destroyed Abraham Lincoln":

https://qz.com/842816/fake-news-almost-destroyed-abraham-lin...