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A reckless political gamble to convince voters that the democratic party had presided over the country through two decades of not unfortunate accidents or errors- but treason?
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McCarthyism
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How did McCarthy get his accusations out?
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Print-->news automatically accepted
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Who successfully brought McCarthy down?
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Tv-->murrow, CBS then ABC
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The evil empire?
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The soviet union- cold war
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Era of cold war?
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Lots of accusations, being associated with the wrong people meant trouble
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When and how did McCarthy begin his campaign?
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Feb. 1950-->waving a sheet with a supposed 205 communists that were working in the state; in reality, no names
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Where did he do this?
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Women's club in wheeling, west virginia
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Mccarthy was credited with what?
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Bringing republican in control of white house
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Most important element in mccarthy's rise to fame?
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Ability to manipulate the press
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In particular, McCarthy was a master at manipulating what service?
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Wire services
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How did he successfully use these wire services?
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Timing of his accusations; journalist published one-sided in order to beat out other newspapers- didn't have time to check the facts
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What helped McCarthy with reporters and accsations?
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He was a senator, they had to publish his stuff; no room for objectivity
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How did Edward Murrow first earn his place in journalism?
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Reporting for CBS history during wwII- speaking from the rooftops of london during bombing raids, trenches in europe, buckenwald concentration camp when liberated
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Who was Murrow's behind-the-scenes collaborator?
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Fred friendly- producer
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Their partnership began when?
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In 1950- hear it now- magazine program for cbs radio
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