Broadcaster Ed Murrow vs. Senator Joseph McCarthy

Rating: 7/10 (15 November 2006)

In the early 1950's, fear of Communism and of the Soviet Union was a strong force here in America. Senator Joseph McCarthy made a great many accusations of Communists in government, thus contributing to an already present climate of fear.
McCarthy's accusations were widely reported. Not so widely reported was the fact that his accusations were without foundation.
By 1954, some four years after McCarthy began his campaign to root out Communists in government, CBS News broadcaster Edward R. Murrow decided to investigate the Senator.
This film explores how CBS News took on McCarthy and how it succeeded in exposing a powerful but corrupt Senator.