Newspaper Suggests Lamont Is A Communist: Names Him "Red Ned"...
Editor & Publisher Greg Mitchell August 15, 2006 at 09:08 PM
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In case you thought McCarthyism in the press died out in the late-1950s, consider this past Sunday's editorial in the daily newspaper in Waterbury, Connecticut. At least Ann Coulter, an avowed fan of Sen. Joseph McCarthy, has moved on to current threats (terrorists and other liberals), while the aptly named Republican-American, Sunday circ 60,000, is still obsessed with Communists.
It's almost quaint, but as the author of a book about 1950s politics, I have to add that Red-baiting is no joke, even when the Red Menace is no more.
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READ MORE: Ann Coulter
In case you thought McCarthyism in the press died out in the late-1950s, consider this past Sunday's editorial in the daily newspaper in Waterbury, Connecticut. At least Ann Coulter, an avowed fan of Sen. Joseph McCarthy, has moved on to current threats (terrorists and other liberals), while the aptly named Republican-American, Sunday circ 60,000, is still obsessed with Communists.
It's almost quaint, but as the author of a book about 1950s politics, I have to add that Red-baiting is no joke, even when the Red Menace is no more.
READ WHOLE STORY
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