How The NYT Diddled The Election of 1876
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/how-the-robber-barons-hijacked-the-victorian-internet.ars
Most interesting. Critical was the ability of Western Union to control access to telegraph so that Republicans could coordinate a last minute push on electoral votes, but Democrats could not.
Most interesting. Critical was the ability of Western Union to control access to telegraph so that Republicans could coordinate a last minute push on electoral votes, but Democrats could not.