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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 |
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| 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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?This is a definitive work--detailed research from a researcher--beyond what one would need or want to know, yet establishing for the record the Monitor's important role in the era that was McCarthyism.'?-Journal of Political and Military Sociology Read more...
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- McCarthy, Joseph, -- 1908-1957 -- Relations with journalists.
- Anti-communist movements -- Press coverage -- United States.
- Press and politics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Christian Science monitor.
- Christian Science Monitor (dagblad)
- McCarthyisme.
- McCarthy, Joseph.
- Pressepolitik.
- Journalist.
- Antikommunismus.
- USA.
