Edward R. Murrow: The McCarthy Years (1991)

Genres - Historical Film  |   Sub-Genres - Biography, Film & Television History, Journalism, Politics & Government, Social History  |   Run Time - 113 min.  |   Countries - United States  |  
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Synopsis by Rob Ferrier

Edward R. Murrow, in his career as a journalist, set high standards of integrity and truthfulness that even today are difficult to match. Perhaps these qualities were most evident during the Red Scare when a man named Joseph McCarthy waved an alarmist flag and kept a nation petrified. Almost no one would stand up to the misanthropic senator until Murrow did, exposing McCarthy for the propagandist he truly was.

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McCarthyism, TV-show-host