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Covering McCarthyism How the Christian Science Monitor Handled Joseph R. McCarthy, 1950-1954
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Lawrence N. Strout
Book Code: GM1091
ISBN: 0-313-31091-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31091-1
200 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 9/30/1999
List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • This is a definitive work--detailed research from a researcher--beyond what one would need or want to know, yet establishing for the record the Monitor's important role in the era that was `McCarthyism.'
    —Journal of Political and Military Sociology
  • [This is a book that should appear on each and every high school and university desk. It will do no less than to introduce them to one of the most frightening periods in the world's most powerful and infuential nation state.
    —American Journalism
  • [F]or readers who wonder how journalists ought--and ought not--to balance truth and lies from any significant source, this book is as fresh as today's news.
    —Christian Science Monitor
  • [T]his is a readable, well-researched account of how newspapers attempt to make a difference in times of national moral crisis.
    —Journalism History
Description: Strout examines how the Christian Science Monitor, a highly influential newspaper of the era, covered Joseph R. McCarthy and "McCarthyism" from the Senator's Lincoln Day speech in February 1950 through his censure in December 1954. Through his in-depth examination of the Monitor's interoffice communications, Strout examines how the Monitor's coverage compared with other elite and popular press newspapers and how the pressures associated with "McCarthyism" affected individuals at the Monitor. An extensive review of the Monitor's editorials and news articles suggests that it was remarkably thorough and fair in its reporting, while still being outspoken, but responsible in its criticism. While many newspapers attacked McCarthy personally, the Monitor concentrated on the actions of the junior senator and the negative effects they were having at home and abroad. As Strout sees it, the Monitor served as a voice of moderation, while simultaneously being a persistent critic of McCarthy's tactics.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1950: McCarthyism Begins
  • 1951: McCarthy's Character Assassinations
  • 1952: McCarthy in the National Spotlight
  • 1953: McCarthy versus the Press and the Eisenhower Administration
  • 1954: McCarthy's Demise
  • The Legacy: The Monitor and McCarthy
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 99-21799
LCC Class: E748
Dewey Class: 973
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