See It Now (CBS) - 1954-04-06

Name: See It Now (CBS) - 1954-04-06
Uploaded: 2023-08-20
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Uploaded: 2023-08-20

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Read a transcript preview of “See It Now (CBS) - 1954-04-06” from malgent, uploaded on 2023-08-20.

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[0:13] foreign

[0:23] month ago tonight we presented a report

[0:26] on Senator Joseph R McCarthy we labeled

[0:29] it as controversial

[0:31] most of that report consisted of words

[0:34] and pictures of the senator at that time

[0:36] we said if the senator believes we have

[0:39] done violence to his words or pictures

[0:42] if he desires to speak to answer himself

[0:44] an opportunity will be afforded him on

[0:47] this program

[0:48] the senator sought the opportunity ask

[0:51] for a delay of three weeks because he

[0:53] said he was very busy and he wished

[0:55] adequate time to prepare his reply we

[0:58] agreed

[0:59] we supplied the senator with a kinoscope

[1:01] of that program of March 9 and with such

[1:04] scripts and recordings as he requested

[1:07] we placed no restrictions upon the

[1:10] manner or method of the presentation of

[1:12] his reply

[1:13] and we suggested that we would not take

[1:15] time to comment on this particular

[1:17] program

[1:19] the senator chose to make his reply on

[1:21] film here now is Senator Joseph R

[1:24] McCarthy Junior senator from Wisconsin

[1:29] good evening

[1:30] Mr Edward R Murrow educational director

[1:33] of the Columbia broadcasting system

[1:36] devoted his program to an attack on the

[1:39] work of the United States Senate

[1:41] investigating committee

[1:42] and on me personally as its chairman

[1:45] now over the past four years he has made

[1:48] repeated attacks upon me on those

[1:50] fighting communists

[1:53] and of course neither are Joe McCarthy

[1:54] nor Edward armor oh

[1:57] he is of any great importance as

[1:59] individuals

[2:01] we're only important

[2:02] In our relation to the great struggle to

[2:04] preserve our American liberties

[2:07] the Senate investigating committee

[2:10] has forced out of government a