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Covering McCarthyism : how the Christian Science monitor handled Joseph R. McCarthy, 1950-1954

Author: Lawrence N Strout
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.
Series: Contributions to the study of mass media and communications, no. 58.
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This volume examines how the "Christian Science Monitor", an influential newspaper of the era, covered Joseph R. McCarthy and "McCarthyism" from the Senator's Lincoln Day speech in February 1950  Read more...

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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Strout, Lawrence N.
Covering McCarthyism.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999
(OCoLC)607252501
Online version:
Strout, Lawrence N.
Covering McCarthyism.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999
(OCoLC)629263573
Named Person: Joseph McCarthy; Joseph McCarthy
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Lawrence N Strout
ISBN: 0313310912 9780313310911
OCLC Number: 40954129
Description: xix, 171 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Joseph R. McCarthy and McCarthyism --
Christian Science Monitor --
Richard L. Strout --
1950: McCarthyism Begins --
Prelude to McCarthyism --
The Monitor's Pre-McCarthy Cold War Coverage --
McCarthy's Lincoln Day Speech --
Tydings' Investigation --
Reaction to the Tydings Report --
Amerasia Controversy at the Monitor --
Perspective on the Midterm Elections --
Communism in America --
Media Self-Critique --
1951: McCarthy's Character Assassinations --
Another Anti-Communism Measure --
Gillette Subcommittee Investigation --
Benton Resolution --
MacArthur, Marshall, Acheson, and Jessup --
Republican Party Plans --
Rosenberg Case --
Media Self-Critique --
1952: McCarthy in the National Spotlight --
Lattimore and the Loyalty Probes --
McCarthyism: The Fight for America --
1952 Elections --
Benton Resolution Resolved --
Letters to the Monitor --
McCarthy's 1953 Strategy --
Media Self-Critique --
1953: McCarthy versus the Press and the Eisenhower Administration --
The Monitor Pressures Strout --
The Monitor, McCarthy's Name, and the Term "McCarthyism" --
Wechsler Case --
Foreign Affairs --
The Rosenbergs' Execution --
Joseph C. Harsch vs. the Roman Catholic Church --
Media Self-Critique --
1954: McCarthy's Demise --
Prelude to Army-McCarthy --
Army-McCarthy Hearings --
Censure --
Postcensure --
McCarthy's Death --
A Communist at the Monitor? --
The Legacy: The Christian Science Monitor and Joseph R. McCarthy.
Series Title: Contributions to the study of mass media and communications, no. 58.
Responsibility: Lawrence N. Strout.

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