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The following is a "closing segment" for the show which aired Thursday, May 8, 2003 at 11:00 AM EDT.
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Thursday, May 8, 2003 at 11:00 AM EDT
Mocking McCarthy

Earlier this week, the Senate unsealed thousands of pages of transcripts of secret committee hearings designed to weed out Communism, led by Senator Joe McCarthy in the 1950’s. One of the men interrogated by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations was writer Rueben Ship.

Tonight, On Point Audio Archeologist Ned Connors brings us the story of this Canadian national who, after being deported because of his tangle with McCarthy’s committee, created a radio parody about the hearings that eventually found its way to the oval office.

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