Video: 'Good Night and Good Luck - McCarthy Response'

(Tuesday, April 6, 1954, 10:30 p.m. EST; during the Second Red Scare) — A month after being criticized by newsman Edward R. Murrow on CBS’ See It Now, Wisconsin Republican Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, given the chance to respond on the program, charged that Murrow had, in the past, “engaged in propaganda for Communist causes.”

Video: 'Joseph McCarthy: Last American Hero!' (Apr. 6 1954, at 1:34-11:31)