This week marks a dubious anniversary in TV history, the 50th anniversary of the televised McCarthy hearings. To be exact, today marked the 50th anniversary of Joseph Welch's lashing out at McCarthy during a hearing with the famous phrase, "Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?" That was the beginning of the end for Joe. The whole thing was one of TV's first major bits of political theater.
Wednesday, June 09, 2004
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