#Latest news with #LarryTyeWashington Post02-06-2025EntertainmentWashington 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 Post02-06-2025EntertainmentWashington 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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