Abstract
Ramifications of the impact of Senator Joseph McCarthy on American public life continued to disturb the regular order of things in several areas of mass communications. In the first quarter of 1954 the most incisive effect the senator had was in the area of radio and television where CBS commentator Edward R. Murrow devoted a program to examining and presenting various aspects of the senator's career for the benefit of his considerable network audience. This was followed by numerous comments and debates over whether the “equal time to reply” accorded to McCarthy by Murrow was required or was in the nature of a privilege.
The sale of the Washington Times-Herald by the McCormick interests to the rival Washington Post was the newspaper management event of most interest during the first quarter.
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