Question

WHAT ROLE DID THE BIAS OF THE MEDIA PLAYED IN DOUGLAS OR LINCOLN SUCCESS

Answer 1

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

The role that played the bias of the media in the success of Lincoln was the way the media and the journalists covered the famous debates of these two candidates for the Senate of the state of Illinois.

During the second half of 1858, Stephen Douglass and Abraham Lincoln confronted in a series of debates. Douglass was a famous politician and the media constantly covered his activities. In that time, Douglass was in the midst of a controversial issue due to the Lecompton Constitution. He also had other controversial issues with northerners after the Kansas Nebraska Act. The way the media covered the news biased the information and the way people view these series of debates between Douglass and Lincoln.