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LINCOLN'S CRITIC: OUR MEDIATED REPUBLIC - PART TWO

Podcast: My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
Published: Aug 31, 2026
Duration seconds: 2768
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The Battle of Chancellorsville. The Union has got the Confederates in their sights. But not for long. All the while, a reporter named Whitelaw Reid is tracking events. He's been kicked out of the coverage pool by the Union Army but that won't stop him. He rents a boat. And his readers love him for it. He won't hold back his opinions, especially about President Lincoln. Not because he's against the cause, because Reid is very much for it. Reid does not truck this idea of being objective. His readers love him for that, too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices