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Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was a Republican US senator who is best know for prosecuting communists within America during the [[Cold War]].
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Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was a Republican US senator who is best know for his infamous "list" of "known Communists."  He is portrayed in the movie "Good Night, and Good Luck," a film that examines the conflict between [[CBS]] anchor [[Edward R. Murrow]] and Mr. McCarthy, using actual footage from McCarthy's speeches.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433383/</ref>
  
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McCarthy is known to liberals as a mad man. This is due to the argument that, although McCarthy was right about Communist spies in the US, he could not have known about them at the time that he claimed he did.
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McCarthy was finally censured by the Senate for inflaming hatred and fears amongst the American public. He died shortly thereafter.<ref>Fried, Richard M. (1990). Nightmare in Red: The McCarthy Era in Perspective. Oxford University Press.</ref>
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"[[McCarthyism]]" is a term thrown around to describe an anti-Communist hysteria in the US during the cold war. While there were really communist spies in the US at the time, liberals defend them on the grounds that they think McCarthy and US intelligence were lying when they said they knew about the communist spies. This is because the evidence against the communists wasn't made public until later.
 
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McCarthy revealed in a famous speech that he had a list of known communists that had jobs in government. McCarthy did not want to disclose any names, but Democrats demanded furiously that he did. When McCarthy did give in and disclose the names, the Democrats were further upset that he did so.
 

Revision as of 04:10, March 10, 2007

Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was a Republican US senator who is best know for his infamous "list" of "known Communists." He is portrayed in the movie "Good Night, and Good Luck," a film that examines the conflict between CBS anchor Edward R. Murrow and Mr. McCarthy, using actual footage from McCarthy's speeches.[1]

McCarthy was finally censured by the Senate for inflaming hatred and fears amongst the American public. He died shortly thereafter.[2]

  1. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433383/
  2. ↑ Fried, Richard M. (1990). Nightmare in Red: The McCarthy Era in Perspective. Oxford University Press.
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