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March 9, 1954, Edward R. Murrow takes on Senator Joseph McCarthy.

I'm John Meacham, and this is Reflections of History.

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No one familiar with the history of his country can deny that congressional committees are useful.

It is necessary to investigate before legislating.

But the line between investigating and persecuting is a very fine one,

and the junior senator from Wisconsin has stepped over it repeatedly.

At 10.30 on the evening of this date in 1954,

CBS broadcast an episode of Edward R. Murrow's See It Now.

It's subject, the red baiting senator Joe McCarthy,

its means of storytelling, images and recordings of McCarthy's own words.

At the conclusion of the report, Murrow spoke more in sorrow than an anger.

He said,

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.

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