Murrow vs McCarthy
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The 1950's was a time of absolute hysteria. Hysteria that communists were secretly living amongst Americans. The main person behind this was Senator Joseph McCarthy. Edward R Murrow and his news team fought deeply against many of McCarthy wrongful claims of communists. And on March 9th, 1954, Murrow and his news team produced a half hour special titled "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy". I have both an excerpt from that recording and a response from Joseph McCarthy. Once again, these recordings are from 1954. Enjoy.
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