In 1907, William Randolph Hearst's newspaper chain was battling President McKinley, just as the media is at war with Trump, today.  In a nationally published editorial, Hurst implored, “Will somebody please put a bullet in president"  Three days later McKinley, visiting the Buffalo World's Fair, was assassinated.  The killer said he read it in the newspaper and thought it was his patriotic duty.  Of course, Hurst claimed he had nothing to do with it. Only after that was  uttering death threats deemed illegal without violating the right to free speech