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Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts) Sun Mar 9, 2014, 09:20 AM Mar 2014

60 Years Ago tonight: Edward R Murrow called out Joe McCarthy [View all]

"No one familiar with the history of his country can deny that Congressional committees are useful. It is necessary to investigate before legislating. But the line between investigating and persecuting is a very fine one, and the junior senator from Wisconsin has stepped over it repeatedly."

Good night, and good luck.

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60 Years Ago tonight: Edward R Murrow called out Joe McCarthy [View all] Cooley Hurd Mar 2014 OP

and the exploiters of fear are out in even greater numbers today. hobbit709 Mar 2014 #1

Corporate Media Thespian2 Mar 2014 #2

That was back in a day when people still had shame over behaving in a ridiculous loudsue Mar 2014 #3

Yep, that's the difference. Cruz is called out loudly and often. tridim Mar 2014 #7

Ah, the free press. I remember it fondly. Scuba Mar 2014 #4

Because they DARED to question Conservatism, they were the "Liberal Media"! Cooley Hurd Mar 2014 #6

spot on. n/t Soylent Brice Mar 2014 #27

Time to watch, or watch again, Good Night, And Good Luck. merrily Mar 2014 #5

David Straitharn channels Murrow. longship Mar 2014 #14

A GREAT movie that sealed George Clooney's fate as a dangerous radical! Cooley Hurd Mar 2014 #15

Supposedly, Hoover gave the names to McCarthy. merrily Mar 2014 #43

Many of the performances were very good, but his merrily Mar 2014 #16

I haven't seen it... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2014 #34

I'm confident in saying you will enjoy it. merrily Mar 2014 #46

''No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.'' -- Edward R. Murrow Octafish Mar 2014 #8

We have accomplices to this very day... Cooley Hurd Mar 2014 #12

And tonight, 60 Minutes will interview the survivor of a crocodile attack hatrack Mar 2014 #9

Given 60 Minutes recent track record... Cooley Hurd Mar 2014 #13

Great one! merrily Mar 2014 #17

Even back then CBS were spineless dicks Ratty Mar 2014 #26

I was only three but I remember this left is right Mar 2014 #10

That's impressive. I don't remember anything from when I was three, with merrily Mar 2014 #18

I think it depends upon one's parents, and how much importance ScreamingMeemie Mar 2014 #33

You're exactly right, because my parents placed a lot of importance merrily Mar 2014 #35

No, I was not alive then. I was 3 when Nixon declared his noncrookedness. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2014 #39

Okay, it was another poster. (Reply 10) merrily Mar 2014 #42

It took a moment to recognize him. MarianJack Mar 2014 #11

Sad, isn't it? nt awoke_in_2003 Mar 2014 #36

Yep! MarianJack Mar 2014 #45

We need Edward R. Murrow just as much (perhaps even more) today! Martin Eden Mar 2014 #19

Who can be the Edward R Murrow we need today? TNNurse Mar 2014 #20

Well, Keith Olbermann was my original choice, now returned to ESPN's genre... MrMickeysMom Mar 2014 #22

KO was a beacon when the rest of the Media failed us... Cooley Hurd Mar 2014 #23

INdeed... MrMickeysMom Mar 2014 #25

Same here... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2014 #38

This is why one of the 1st things we should do once we get CCFR, COMPLETE CAMPAIGN Dustlawyer Mar 2014 #21

+1million Cooley Hurd Mar 2014 #24

Campaign finance reform now will require a Constitutional Amendment. merrily Mar 2014 #40

"..the line between investigating and persecuting.." Now, we have the NSA. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2014 #28

There are those who are fans of McCarthy tactics quinnox Mar 2014 #29

Are you speaking of TNNurse Mar 2014 #30

Yes, them and others quinnox Mar 2014 #31

I think a link to this post goes nicely here: woo me with science Mar 2014 #32

That was before corporate media completely destroyed Rex Mar 2014 #37

I am starting to feel besieged from every direction. merrily Mar 2014 #41

Ed Murrow, today, would be calling out the Republicans..... AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #44