Final Blog The term transhistoricity is the quality of an entity or concept that has always existed and is not merely confined to one particular stage of human history. The United States government and its relationship with the press has been transhistorical in that their has always been reoccurring conflict, especially in times of war or tension. For example, one of the first instances where we see conflict between the government in press was during the Civil War. As seen in my earlier blog posts, the Lincoln administration had a number of journalists punished and press restricted in order to protect the governments personal agendas. We see this behavior that took place in the mid 1800s carried throughout history and it even takes place today. In recent years the United States government has taken legal action against journalists, especially those journalists who are receiving their information from whistleblowers. The Espionage Act of 1917 was created to prevent the disclosur
