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'Demagogue' Sheds Light on Senator Joseph McCarthy
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'Demagogue' Sheds Light on Senator Joseph McCarthy

52 min
Michael Krasny
at 9:00 AM
Owen Lattimore (L) passes Senator Joseph McCarthy after ex-Communist Louis F. Budenzho called him a member of a Communist spy cell in testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee in Washington, 20 April 1950. (AFP/AFP via Getty Images)

A new biography about Senator Joseph McCarthy taps into recently-released transcripts of closed-door congressional hearings to shed light on the senator’s life and his 1950’s anti-communist crusade.  Journalist and author Larry Tye joins us to talk about the book, “Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy”, and to describe the parallels he sees between McCarthy and President Trump.

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Larry Tye, journalist and author, "DEMAGOGUE: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy"

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