interesting stuff, I went out and followed the trail for awhile.   It's really pretty amazing how well controled media was in the day.   Maybe the current pirate mecia aren't such a bad thing, especially as the networks seem to have cast aside most of their investigative responsibilities.    We have a lot of good writers and journalist freed from corporate control.    I'll be paying more attention in the future.

* I would note that Joe Kennedy discouraged his sons from supporting McCarty as he fell to the hubris that made him a lying alcoholic in his final public years.  I'm not saying Kennedy had ethical problems as much as he saw an association with McCarthy would hurt his own families political positioning