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Strout, Lawrence N.

Covering McCarthyism : how the Christian Science monitor handled

Joseph R. McCarthy, 1950-1954 / Lawrence N. Strout.

p. cm.--(Contributions to the study of mass media and
communications, ISSN 0732-4456 ; no. 58.)

ISBN 0-313-31091-2 (alk. paper)

1. McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957--Relations with journalists.

2. Anti-communist movements-- United States--Press coverage.

3. Press and politics-- United States--History--20th century.

4. Christian Science monitor. I. Title. II. Series.

E748.M143S76 1999

973.921'092--dc21 99-21799

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.

Copyright © 1999 by Lawrence N. Strout

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 99-21799
ISBN: 0-313-31091-2
ISSN: 0732-4456

First published in 1999

Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
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Printed in the United States of America

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The paper used in this book complies with the
Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National
Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984).

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Copyright Acknowledgments

Materials from The Christian Science Monitor and the Church History Department of The First
Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, used by permisison of the copyright
owner.

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