#Latest news with #Demagogue:TheLifeandLongShadowofWashington Post5 days agoEntertainmentWashington PostThis journalist was the real hero behind Joe McCarthy's takedownLarry Tye is the author of 'Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy.' The mythology of Sen. Joseph McCarthy — in fresh focus as the Broadway version of George Clooney's 'Good Night, and Good Luck' smashes box-office records — gets it right that a legendary American journalist played a vital role in toppling the red-baiting Republican in the 1950s. But it casts the wrong journalist.
Washington Post5 days agoEntertainmentWashington PostThis journalist was the real hero behind Joe McCarthy's takedownLarry Tye is the author of 'Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy.' The mythology of Sen. Joseph McCarthy — in fresh focus as the Broadway version of George Clooney's 'Good Night, and Good Luck' smashes box-office records — gets it right that a legendary American journalist played a vital role in toppling the red-baiting Republican in the 1950s. But it casts the wrong journalist.
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