Carolina QuotesLast week, Senator McCarthy appeared on this program to correct any errors he might have thought we made in our report of March ninth. Since he made no reference to any statements of fact that we made, we must conclude that he found no errors of fact. He proved again, that anyone who exposes him, anyone who does not share his hysterical disregard for decency and human dignity and the rights guaranteed by the Constitution, must be either a Communist or a 'fellow traveler'.
Edward R. Murrow Carolinian
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Murrow's 13 April 1954 reply to Senator Joseph McCarthy's See It Now appearance
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- See It Now (1954)
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- 1954
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