Ross talks to writer and historian A. Brad Schwartz about the showdown between Senator Joseph McCarthy and broadcaster Edward R. Murrow as depicted in "Good Night and Good Luck", both on screen and stage. They discuss domestic containment, the evolution of broadcast news, and much more!

FURTHER READING:

Cloud, Stanley and Lynne Olson. The Murrow Boys: Pioneers on the Front Lines of Broadcast Journalism.

Oshinsky, David. A Conspiracy so Immense: The World of Joe McCarthy.

Griffith, Robert. The Politics of Fear: Joseph R. McCarthy and the Senate.

Schwartz, Brad. Why We Never Got a "Murrow Moment" with Trump.

Schwartz, Brad. The Media Spawned McCarthyism. Now History Is Repeating Itself.

FURTHER WATCHING:

"Good Night and Good Luck"

"The Manchurian Candidate" (1962)

"Star Trek: the Next Generation", S4E21 "The Drumhead"

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