Hollywood is gearing up for a major push to promote the last stand of the anti- Joe McCarthy
line. In the face of overwhelming evidence from KGB files and a on going reassesment of the era, the film harkens back to the propaganda line perpetrated by the pro- Joe Stalin crowd.
Mr. Clooney's office and personal secretary declined to read the non-classified, open to the public CIA papers on the agencies role in a cover up of non action on known spies by the agency and the CIA bringing down McCarthy. I know. I offered them the CIA reports. That means, this is deliberate propaganda.
Here is what Clooney has based his film on, which most folks learned in school as well:
"The screenplay by George Clooney and Grant Heslov traces the true story of how Murrow (Strathairn), and his producer, Fred Friendly (Clooney), helped bring an end to the tyranny of the blacklist and the House Un-American Activities Committee' anti-Communist hearings. With the platform provided by his CBS News program "See It Now," Murrow challenged McCarthy on his claims that hundreds of avowed Communists were working covertly as Soviet spies in the U.S. government, among other allegations that at the time had the power to destroy lives and careers."
Joe McCarthy had no blacklist. There were hundreds of spies in our government.
The mistakes made by the FBI and CIA then have continued to today.
About The Movie
The screenplay by George Clooney and Grant Heslov traces the true story of how Murrow (Strathairn), and his producer, Fred Friendly (Clooney), helped bring an end to the tyranny of the blacklist and the House Un-American Activities Committee' anti-Communist hearings. With the platform provided by his CBS News program "See It Now," Murrow challenged McCarthy on his claims that hundreds of avowed Communists were working covertly as Soviet spies in the U.S. government, among other allegations that at the time had the power to destroy lives and careers.
To the right of the screen is a calendar, press on the highlighted date to continue the story, change the months with the arrows by the month and year at the top of the calendar. ALL ORIGINAL LINKS ARE HERE:
