McCarthy was given his time to answer Murrow.
McCarthy was given 15 minutes to rebut Murrow, who had spent months, in concert with the other two networks, smearing and libeling McCarthy.
We know from the Venona Intercepts that Owen Lattimore was a Soviet spy, just as McCarthy had claimed. We know that Murrow used the power of the media to discredit McCarthy as part of a concerted effort to cover up treason by Lattimore and other Soviet agents.
We know now that Harry Hopkins was on the KGB payroll, just as Hoover and by extension McCarthy had said - but Murrow used the Goebbels technique of slandering the man to obscure the message. We know that Harry Dexter White was on the KGB payroll, just as McCarthy had said.
Time and again, McCarthy correctly identified Soviet agents in the United States government. The democrats had no way to defend against the facts, so they employed Murrow to do a hatchet job - a technique the left continues to this day, Dan Quayle, Sarah Palin, Herman Cain, Dubya.
Slander and libel are the most potent weapon of the left, and the left welds it relentlessly - using not just the corrupted news media, but entertainment and alleged comedians as well. When was the last episode of any or the "Law and Order" franchise where George Bush was not attacked at some point?
So the claim that you leftist want "equal time" is patently absurd; your voice dominates the media, mostly drowning out the dissenting voices. But that still isn't enough for you, you want to completely silence any and all dissent.
Specifically. If Joe Bloggs on KRAP had had another program critical of McCarthy, then McCarthy would get time on KRAP.
Doubtful. Further, McCarthy could not monitor and rebut 300 party affiliates nation wide engaged in the campaign of libel that Murrow orchestrated.
This isn't rocket surgery. Without the FD in place, Murrow, Bloggs and anyone else go on the air and trash McCarthy and there's not a damn thing he can do about it. Had your ilk a clue of what you're talking about, you could not engage in this transparent Doublethink bullshit. You're not convincing anyone but each other, as it defies all logic.
Yet the party had utter and complete control of the news, and public opinion at that time. Now, you don't. So clearly, an alternative voice is more effective than occasional complaints by the victims of libel.
I understand that the left is concerned that you no longer have the censorship power you once did, yet you do control the government with the most far left PotUS in history.
Still, Limbaugh speaks against Dear Leader, and you cannot tolerate dissent.
Assuring ability to respond is "silencing dissent".
War is Peace.
Freedom is Slavery.
and of course your cardinal Rule One:
Ignorance is Strength.
Rachel Maddow lacks the ability to respond? You mean, that unless talk radio is forced to give leftists the same time as they do the rational hosts, you cannot respond? That Anderson Cooper, Wolf Blitzen, Evan Thomas, Thrill up the leg Chrissy Matthews, et al, somehow can't offer the extreme left view?
ROFL
Obviously, the left has a level of saturation that dwarfs the right - but you cannot abide that the right has ANY voice, and demand that ALL dissent be silenced by the state.
Good luck with that.