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Edward R. Murrow: 'The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves', on McCarthy - 1954
9 March 1954, CBS studios, 'Tonight See it Now' program, USA
Closing statement.
McCarthy appeared on the show three weeks later and didn't come off well. The program is widely thought to have helped bring down Senator McCarthy. The story is told in the George Clooney film, 'Good Night and Good Luck'.
Senator McCarthy succeeded in proving that Reed Harris had once written a bad book, which the American people had proved twenty-two years ago by not buying it, which is what they eventually do will all bad ideas.
Following closely on from his speech to a professional group in Chicago where he made the following quote “Surely we shall pay for using.As for Reed Harris, his resignation was accepted a month later with a letter of commendation. McCarthy claimed it as a victory.
The Reed Harris hearing demonstrates one of the Senator's techniques. Twice he said the American Civil Liberties Union was listed as a subversive front.
The Attorney General's list does not and has never listed the ACLU as subversive, nor