03452nam 2200733 a 450 991082204370332120240416143358.01-281-15124-697866111512491-59213-343-6(CKB)1000000000482768(EBL)328236(OCoLC)229432852(SSID)ssj0000358654(PQKBManifestationID)11272722(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000358654(PQKBWorkID)10377910(PQKB)10294720(SSID)ssj0000134824(PQKBManifestationID)11148237(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000134824(PQKBWorkID)10055381(PQKB)10847694(MiAaPQ)EBC328236(MdBmJHUP)muse15322(Au-PeEL)EBL328236(CaPaEBR)ebr10210837(CaONFJC)MIL115124(EXLCZ)99100000000048276820061018d2007 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrDark days in the newsroom McCarthyism aimed at the press /Edward Alwood1st ed.Philadelphia Temple University Press20071 online resource (217 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-59213-342-8 1-59213-341-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-194) and index.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; IndexDark 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'sAnti-communist movementsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryJournalistsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryJournalistsUnited StatesPolitical activityHistory20th centuryPress and politicsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesPolitics and government1945-1953United StatesPolitics and government1953-1961Anti-communist movementsHistoryJournalistsHistoryJournalistsPolitical activityHistoryPress and politicsHistory973.921Alwood Edward1618825MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822043703321Dark days in the newsroom3950771UNINA