01-06-2020, 11:57 PM
PBS and American Experience just put out a special on McCarthy and McCarthyism. It seemed a good enough illustration of the times, It was not an obvious retelling which subtly was trying to echo todays headlines.
But it told that tale of a lying bastard who knew how to play the press for power while there was no lack of people who tried to speak truth, an no lack of folk waiting on the inevitable fall.
One thing was made clear. You did not go after the Army during Eisenhower’s years in power. Bad move.
It was somehow familiar.
PBS American Experience McCarthy Link
But it told that tale of a lying bastard who knew how to play the press for power while there was no lack of people who tried to speak truth, an no lack of folk waiting on the inevitable fall.
One thing was made clear. You did not go after the Army during Eisenhower’s years in power. Bad move.
It was somehow familiar.
PBS American Experience McCarthy Link
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