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03/09/2004
See It Now
Today is the 50th anniversary of journalist Edward R. Murrow's
television program, "See It Now," where he spoke out against
crusading 'anti-communist' Senator Joseph McCarthy. CBS and the
sponsor refused to run any advertising on the air or in print for
the show that week because of the subject matter. Here is (one of)
his famous lines from the program:
"The line between investigating and persecuting is a very fine one,
and the junior Senator from Wisconsin has stepped over it
repeatedly. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason,
if we dig deep into our own history and our doctrine and remember
that we are not descended from fearful men, not men who feared to
write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes which were, for
the moment, unpopular.
"This is no time for men who oppose Senator McCarthy's methods to
keep silent. We can deny our heritage and our history, but we
cannot escape responsibility for the result, writes Andrew
MacRae."
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