{"id":780,"date":"2016-06-30T12:04:01","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T12:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?p=780"},"modified":"2021-07-02T12:22:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T12:22:14","slug":"episode-37-mccarthyism-on-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?p=780","title":{"rendered":"Episode 39 &#8211; McCarthyism on TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week join Steve, Andrew, and Jonathan as they discuss the early show trials of McCarthyism and how quickly US audiences fell in love with the real-life TV court drama. We also discuss McCarthy&#8217;s favorite defense when his &#8220;facts&#8221; didn&#8217;t stand up to scrutiny: accuse somebody else of being a Communist!<\/p>\n<p>A few pages to whet your interest from Thomas Doherty&#8217;s <em>Cold War, Cool Medium<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Pages-from-Cold-War_Cool_Medium.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/thumb_DSC04071_1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-783\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/thumb_DSC04071_1024-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"thumb_DSC04071_1024\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/thumb_DSC04071_1024-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/thumb_DSC04071_1024-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/thumb_DSC04071_1024-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/thumb_DSC04071_1024-624x417.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/thumb_DSC04071_1024.jpg 1084w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-780 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?attachment_id=790'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/SenatorKefauverD-TN-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-790\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-790'>\n\t\t\t\tEstes Kefauver\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?attachment_id=791'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Frank_Costello_-_Kefauver_Committee-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-791\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-791'>\n\t\t\t\tmobster Frank Costello on trial\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?attachment_id=789'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Joseph_McCarthy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-789\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-789'>\n\t\t\t\tJoseph McCarthy\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?attachment_id=793'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Edward_R._Murrow_1947-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-793\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-793'>\n\t\t\t\tEdward R. 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