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More than a month after The State Journal-Register in Springfield, Ill., published a story that largely debunked a claim that Abraham Lincoln was homosexual, readers in the Old Railsplitter's hometown are still mad as hell.
"It's been ugly. I have not liked it. Our readers have leveled the charge that we are the National Enquirer, that we're supermarket-tabloid journalists," says managing editor Barry Locher. As recently as June 24, Locher fielded a cancellation call from a subscriber who cited...