McCarthyism then and now [from Pravda of the Prairie]

Capital Times ^ | 11-2-05

[tet68]

The Capital Times, still red after all these years.

[SJackson]

Even in Wisconsin, where there was broad popular opposition to McCarthy, most of the media backed the senator. He was a favorite of the Milwaukee Sentinel and the Wisconsin State Journal. And media outlets, including The Capital Times and The Progressive, that challenged his lies - beginning with Capital Times editorials published in 1946 - were condemned for their "disloyalty."

I wonder if the editorial writers know what century we're in?

[Whitewasher]

McCarthy was right. Communists in America are real pukers.

[wvobiwan]

No one has yet to prove McCarthy wrong about anyone he accused. The reds DID have the government thoroughly penetrated. Joe's only fault was that he didn't work hard enough exposing the commies in the media and academia.

You can see the result of that failure today in just about every university and college in American, and at most major news organizations.

Fox, WaTimes, NY Post, and some others excepted.

[Redleg Duke]

The Capital Crimes was the Pravda on the Prarie whose editor in the 60s claimed that the American pilots captured in North Viet Nam should have been treated and charged as pirates.

The Capital Crimes is still one of the foremost Anti-American Rags in the the USA.

[yarddog]

I read a good book by William F. Buckley titled "Red Hunter" about the McCarthy era. Although a novel, Buckley said the historical parts were accurate.

I think as the Soviet Union has allowed some of it's formerly secret files to be made public, it is clear that McCarthy was basically right.

I suspect the new movie will simply be Commies patting themselves on the back.

[oh8eleven]

Only over time did it become clear that the critics of McCarthy were the patriots. À l'effet contraire. McCarthy was right!

[SoDak]

Boy, Wisconsin sure isn't short on Bolsheviks.

[RegulatorCountry]

"The red-baiting Republican senator from Wisconsin used to refer to this newspaper as "the Pravda of the Prairie"

I've always been sort of amused, that socialists continue to refer to McCarthy as being a "red baiter," while continuing to deny that there were any "reds" to bait.

[John Scopes]

McCarthy is so hated by the left because he was implying that their gods were evil and he was making it harder for their gods to operate.

[Louis Foxwell]

'You can't believe half of what you read in the papers' is becoming an all-too-common phrase in this country. This feeling has been engendered to a large extent by distortion of news, suppression of news, the injection of the personal views and prejudices of publishers into the news, and the misuse of newspapers in attacking and persecuting individuals and institutions unjustly and unfairly.

Dec. 13, 1917 - from the first editorial in his newspaper The Capital Times

They should take their own rhetoric to heart.

[Thorin]

Joseph McCarthy exposed the Left for what it was, which is why the Left has never stopped hating him.

[sporkgoddess]

Tell me about it.

My grandma knew McCarthy. Said that he was a nice guy.

[Michael.SF.]

[Michael.SF.]

My grandma knew McCarthy. Said that he was a nice guy.

Yes, so nice that he was Godfather to one of Robert Kennedy's kids.

[joem15]

"Joe McCarthy hated The Capital Times and The Capital Times hated Joe McCarthy." The question is who hated whom first? Also, a publication that has the capacity to hate a public figure isn't going to report objectively about the object of their hate.

Therefore, anything that the Capitol Times says in opposition to George W. Bush must be seen through the lens of the Hate for the President in the Capitol Times news room.

This may be a watershed statement by a publication; that is to actually admit and inject the emotion of hate into their reporting. We all know that it is there (Couric, Rather, NYT,etc.)but, now it is documented.

[Buffettfan]

There are probably more Alger Hiss's now than they were in the McCarthy era due to out of control political correctness.

[auboy]

Only over time did it become clear that the critics of McCarthy were the patriots.

Yeah, but patriots for whom?

[mdittmar]

Wish we had more Senators like Joseph McCarthy.

Click to listen U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin on his war against communism.His words are still poignant today.