"In eras when you couldn't as easily have news tailored to your preferences/prejudices?" Well, no, not electronically. But in the early republic, political par

"In eras when you couldn't as easily have news tailored to your preferences/prejudices?" Well, no, not electronically. But in the early republic, political parties sponsored newspapers. In the early 1800s, southern postmasters would seize and destroy abolitionist literature. Considerably later it was easy to find one that leaned your way politically.