| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 201 pages) |
| Contents |
Awakening the newsroom -- The politics of anticommunism -- Prelude to an investigation -- Reds in the newsroom -- The specter of McCarthy -- Dark clouds over the newsroom -- The investigation -- Deeper trouble -- Journalists and the First Amendment -- Living with the legacy. -- Epilogue |
| Summary |
Dark Days in the Newsroom traces how journalists became radicalized during the Depression era, only to become targets of Senator Joseph McCarthy and like-minded anti-Communist crusaders during the 1950s. Edward Alwood, a former news correspondent describes this remarkable story of conflict, principle, and personal sacrifice with noticeable élan. He shows how McCarthy's minions pried inside newsrooms thought to be sacrosanct under the First Amendment, and details how journalists mounted a heroic defense of freedom of the press while others secretly enlisted in the government's anti-commu |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-194) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957 -- Relations with journalists
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Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Journalists -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Journalists -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Press and politics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2006034205 |
| ISBN |
1592133436 (electronic bk.) |
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9781592133437 (electronic bk.) |
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