In mightier than the sword we learned the state in which news were gathered and delivered to the public. During the McCarthy era political news was not of importance or for that matter investigated. News wires were the medium in which to obtain the latest news.
McCarthy was a master at exploiting this. He made sure to make his communist accusations at the exact hour of the day that news wires services had to turn in their deadlines. Thus the news that was sent out to the public tended to be one-sided stories that were un-checked and flat out sensationalized.
The newswires during the 1950’s had a big influence on the way news were broadcasted in radio, practically all the news were coming from the newswires. McCarthy also exploited journalism’s concept of objectivity, for news at that time merely recited facts and unconscientious news reporting.
Is amazing and pretty scary how O’Reilly is a blatant resemblance of the late senator. His far right rants and methods in interviewing guest epitomizes McCarthy during his hay day.
O’Reilly’s main tactic is to force his right winged, bias point of view in front of anybody who opposes him. The way he yells at his guests and never lets them get a word in edge wise, is parallel to McCarthy. O’Reilly like McCarthy is master at using the defective media to get his propaganda attention. Anybody who is aware of McCarthy well knows, that O’Reilly is his living reincarnation.
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