LEADER 03452nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910822043703321 005 20240416143358.0 010 $a1-281-15124-6 010 $a9786611151249 010 $a1-59213-343-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000482768 035 $a(EBL)328236 035 $a(OCoLC)229432852 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000358654 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11272722 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000358654 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10377910 035 $a(PQKB)10294720 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000134824 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11148237 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000134824 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10055381 035 $a(PQKB)10847694 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC328236 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse15322 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL328236 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10210837 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL115124 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000482768 100 $a20061018d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDark days in the newsroom $eMcCarthyism aimed at the press /$fEdward Alwood 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cTemple University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (217 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59213-342-8 311 $a1-59213-341-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [191]-194) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 330 $aDark 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 e?lan. 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 606 $aAnti-communist movements$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aJournalists$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aJournalists$zUnited States$xPolitical activity$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPress and politics$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1945-1953 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1953-1961 615 0$aAnti-communist movements$xHistory 615 0$aJournalists$xHistory 615 0$aJournalists$xPolitical activity$xHistory 615 0$aPress and politics$xHistory 676 $a973.921 700 $aAlwood$b Edward$01618825 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822043703321 996 $aDark days in the newsroom$93950771 997 $aUNINA