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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778337403321

Autore

Alwood Edward

Titolo

Dark days in the newsroom [[electronic resource] ] : McCarthyism aimed at the press / / Edward Alwood

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-281-15124-6

9786611151249

1-59213-343-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Disciplina

973.921

Soggetti

Anti-communist movements - United States - History - 20th century

Journalists - United States - History - 20th century

Journalists - United States - Political activity - History - 20th century

Press and politics - United States - History - 20th century

United States Politics and government 1945-1953

United States Politics and government 1953-1961

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-194) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Awakening the Newsroom; CHAPTER TWO The Politics of Anticommunism; CHAPTER THREE Prelude to an Investigation; CHAPTER FOUR Reds in the Newsroom; CHAPTER FIVE The Specter of McCarthy; CHAPTER SIX Dark Clouds over the Newsroom; CHAPTER SEVEN The Investigation; CHAPTER EIGHT Deeper Trouble; CHAPTER NINE Journalists and the First Amendment; CHAPTER TEN Living with the Legacy; Epilogue; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 1950's. 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