Now that you have set the record straight through your hard news story or editorial, complete the quest by reviewing the Extension section below. The 1690's Salem witchcraft trials have often been compared to the McCarthy era. Identify some connections. Arthur Miller's play about the Salem witchcraft trials, The Crucible , is actually about the McCarthy hearings. High school students are rumor-mongers.
Some Jewish sages claim that destroying a person's reputation is worst than murder.
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