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Dark days in the newsroom : McCarthyism aimed at the press / Edward Alwood.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alwood, Edward.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anti-communist movements--United States--History--20th century.
- Anti-communist movements.
- Journalists--United States--History--20th century.
- Journalists.
- Journalists--United States--Political activity--History--20th century.
- Press and politics--United States--History--20th century.
- Press and politics.
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1953.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1953-1961.
- McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957--Relations with journalists.
- McCarthy, Joseph.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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 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
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-194) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611151249
- 9781281151247
- 1281151246
- 9781592133437
- 1592133436
- OCLC:
- 229432852
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