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Worksheet and Hand-out

Fred Friendly Sig Mickelson Bill Paley

Edward R. Murrows

Don Hollenbeck Shirley Wershba Joe Wershba Palmer Williams

Directions: As you watch the movie, answer each of the questionquestionss bbelow.elow. Use additional sheets of paper if necessary.necessary. For your convenience, he questions have been divided up by DVD chapters, certain key terms have been defined and long pieces of dialogue have been included.

1. 1958, Prologue 1. Where and when does the movie start (location, month, day and year)? Why is everyone gathered together?

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Words to know ESCAPISM MASS MEDIA The tendency to escape from daily reality or routine by , motion pictures, radio, television, and magazines, all of indulging in daydreaming, fantasy, or entertainment. which have the technical capacity to deliver information to millions of people. 2. Are You Now? SCROLLING WORDS “Throughout the 1940s and 1950s America was overwhelmed with concerns about the threat of communism. Senator Joseph McCarthy made a public accusation that more than two hundred “card-carrying” Communists had infiltrated the United States Government. Few in the press were willing to stand up against McCarthy for fear they too would be targeted.”

2. The flashback takes us to…(Give the date, location and the city)

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3. Isn’t It McCarthy? 3. What is it that the reporters are supposed to sign? What will happen if they don’t?

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4. What is the major new story that Murrows has? What charges brought Murrow’s investigation?

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4. Talking Cost OCTOBER 19, 1953. 5. NEWS REEL Concerning his discharge from the army, what important point does Radulovich make?

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6. What does Ed Murrows want to do on his news program? Why doesn’t CBS want him to do this? What are Friendly and Murrows going to have to do about Alcoa (advertisements)?

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5. Dangerous Waters 7. What is the Air Force saying Radulovich has done?

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8. NEW REEL What does Radulovich’s lawyer say has happened?

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6. Running the Story 9. What is Air Force Regulation 35-62?

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10. What does the color ‘yellow’ symbolize? ______

2 11. What does the color ‘red’ symbolize? ______

12. Why is Fred Friendly yellow ?

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13. What does the following quote mean: “We believe the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father.”

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Words to know MAO TSE-TUNG 1893–1976, Chinese Communist leader: chairman of the People's Republic of China 1949–59; chairman of the Chinese Communist party 1943–76.

7. Poke with A Stick 14. Why does the movie show us the original Kent cigarette commercial? (Think of at least 2 reasons)

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15. Why is Murrows interviewing Liberace? Is Murrows enjoying this interview? How can you tell?

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16. How is this show, Face to Face , different than , the show where he interviewed ? (Think of at least 2 examples)

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17. Who is Don Hollenbeck? Why is he upset?

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Words to know PINKO 1936, derogatory slang form of pink, used of people whose social or political views "have a tendency toward 'red' (communism) " a metaphor that had existed since at least 1837.

3 8. Their 1 st Shot 18. What have we learned about Murrows from the man who corners Joe Wershba and gives him the manila envelope? Why was this information given to Joe? Is the information true?

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19. Who is Mr. Paley? Why is he mad?

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9. Terror Right Here 20. What do Murrows and Friendly want to make sure their reporter’s haven’t ever done? How is this a witch-hunt?

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21. What is Murrows’ response? ______

22. What do the reporters at See It Now need to do to prove McCarthy is falsely accusing people?

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23. What is McCarthy doing to people?

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Words to know HUAC House Un-American Activities Committee; an investigative committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. Originally created in 1938 to inquire into subversive activities in the U.S., it was reestablished in 1945 as the Committee on Un-American Activities, renamed in 1969 as the Committee on Internal Security, and abolished in 1975

10. See You At The Office 24. What type of information do the reporters have on McCarthy? What do they need to do with this information? Why can’t they wait to do this? Why should they wait?

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4 Words to know AVA GARDNER Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an Academy Award-nominated American film and television actress. She is listed as one of the American Film Institute's greatest stars of all time.

11. No Time to Keep Silent 25. What does Paley mean when he says, “I’m with you today Ed. And, I’m with you tomorrow.”

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26. What are McCarthy’s two scare techniques?

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27. Explain the following quote: “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves…”—Cassius, Julius Caesar I.ii.140-141

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28. Summarize the following: 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. His primary achievement has been confusing the public mind as between the internal and the external threats of communism. We must not confuse dissent from disloyalty. We must remember always, that accusation is not proof, and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of another; we will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason. If we dig deep into our history and our doctrine, we will remember we are not descended from fearful men. Not from men who dared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were for the moment unpopular. This is no time for men who oppose Sen. McCarthy's methods to keep silent or for those who approve. We can deny our heritage and our history but we cannot escape responsibility for the result. There is no way for a citizen of the republic to abdicate his responsibilities. As a nation we have come into our full inheritance at a tender age. We proclaim ourselves, as indeed we are, the defenders of freedom wherever it still exists in the world. But we cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. The actions of the Junior Senator from Wisconsin have caused alarm and dismay amongst our allies abroad and given considerable comfort to our enemies. And whose fault is that? Not really his, he didn't create this situation of fear, he merely exploited it, and rather successfully. Cassius was right, the fault dear Brutus is not in our stars, but in ourselves. Good night, and good luck.

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END OF PART I

5 12. Running the Story 29. What is the date at the beginning of this part? ______30. What does the O’Brien review say about the McCarthy interview?

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Words to know MACHIAVELLIAN being or acting in accordance with the principles of government analyzed in Machiavelli's The Prince, in which political expediency is placed above morality and the use of craft and deceit to maintain the authority and carry out the policies of a ruler is described.

13. Tell What You Know 31. What happens to Milo Radulovich after Murrows broadcast?

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14. Don’t Read the Papers 32. What is Murrows’ advice to Don Hollenbeck? Why?

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33. How is the questioning of reflective of Tituba in “The Crucible”?

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Annie Lee Moss

34. What happens during the questioning? Where is McCarthy?

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35. What has McCarthy decided to do on April 6 th ? ______

15. The Evil of It 36. Explain the following quote: “You cannot strike that from the press…nor from the public mind once it’s planted there. That’s, that is the evil of it!”

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16. McCarthy Fires Back APRIL 6, 1954 37. What does McCarthy do as defense against what Murrows has said?

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Words LATTIMORES FOSTERS “THE DAILY to know WORKER” OWEN LATTIMORE (July 29, 1900 – May 31, 1989) WILLIAM Z. FOSTER (February 25, 1881 - September 1, The Daily Worker was a published in was a U.S. author and educator, the most influential 1961), born in Taunton, Massachusetts, was the long-time New York City by the Communist Party USA, a American scholar of Central Asia in the 20th General Secretary of the Communist Party USA and trade Comintern-affiliated organization. Publication began Century. He was accused by U.S. Senator Joseph union leader. He passed through the Socialist Party of in 1924. While it generally reflected the prevailing McCarthy of being "a top Russian spy." Some people America and the Industrial Workers of the World, as well as views of the party, attempts were made to make credit Lattimore with coining the term McCarthyism, leading the drive to organize the packinghouse industry it a paper that reflected the spectrum of left-wing but Herbert Block was first to use the term, in a during World War I and leading the steel strike of 1919 opinion. At its peak, the newspaper achieved a cartoon in . before joining the Communist Party in 1921. circulation of 35,000.

17. 1958, Prologue 38. Why did Alcoa pull their ad?

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39. How does Murrows fight back?

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18. How High the Tragedy 40. What does Palmer Williams tell the rest of the reporters?

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41. What happened to Don Hollenbeck?

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19. For the Greater Good 42. What is Joe Wershba worried about?

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7 43. What happens to Shirley and Joe?

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20. Downfalls 44. What do Paley and Murrows argue about? What happens to Murrows?

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45. What happens to Fred Friendly?

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21. This Instrument 46. What happens to McCarthy?

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47. How did Murrows win? How did he lose?

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48. Summarize the following quote: To those who say people wouldn't look; they wouldn't be interested; they're too complacent, indifferent and insulated, I can only reply: There is, in one reporter's opinion, considerable evidence against that contention. But even if they are right, what have they got to lose? Because if they are right, and this instrument is good for nothing but to entertain, amuse and insulate, then the tube is flickering now and we will soon see that the whole struggle is lost. This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise it is merely wires and lights in a box. Good night, and good luck.

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