I don't even know what yardstick of guilty and ruined he has to meet. Is the NY Times full of it?
If I seem like a Haldore Hanson expert I have some DDT to sell ya.
I'm wondering why you seem to be avoiding the question.
After all, you selected Hanson....not I.
That seems to suggest that his nomination would offer support for your view of McCarthy.
I simply ask....what if it doesn't.
And you begin to tap dance.
Strange.
If the NYTimes....the voice of Liberalism....misinformed about Hanson....well...
...what should you suspect about the attacks on McCarthy...???
Stand erect, or be made to stand erect.
Marcus Aurelius
No really. I just tried finding a list of McCarthy victims and then checked Conservipedia to see who the most anti communist folks I could think of accused of anything.
That led me tk.skme entertaining reading on conservipedia not wanting to mention alcoholism but nothing else.
The NYTimes published many articles by Duranty during the Stalin genocide of the Ukrainians.....
...and accepted a Pulitzer for covering for Stalin.
"For some fourteen years Walter Duranty, then the most famous and respected foreign correspondent in the world — also, as it happens, a Brit — hitewashed the repressive evil deeds of the Soviet Union, leading to that country’s recognition by none other than Franklin D. Roosevelt, while winning a 1932 Pulitzer Prize for his efforts."
The Walter Duranty Prizes - By Patrick Brennan - The Corner - National Review Online
Here's the lowdown on Hanson.
1. Before joining the State Department, Haldore Hanson, had been a reporter in China for the Associated Press in the 30’s. At that time he had written a book on Mao’s communist guerrillas called “Humane Endeavor,” which supported same, and spoke glowingly of their ‘democratic revolution in Yenan, and of Mao as “ the most selfless man I had ever met,” and a “genius fifty years ahead of his time.”
2. He had been employed by Owen Lattimore at ‘Pacific Affairs,’ along with numerous pro-communist journalists, putting the best face on communism in China, and attempting to have the United States support same in opposition to the Chang KaiShek nationalists.
3. Louis Budenz had
identified him as a member of the Communist Party in testimony before the Tydings Committee.
a. “Louis Francis Budenz (July 17, 1891 – April 27, 1972) (Pronounced "byew-DENZ") was an American activist and writer, as well as a Soviet espionage agent and head of the Buben group of spies. He began as a labor activist and became a member of the Communist Party USA.[1] In 1945 Budenz renounced Communism and became a vocal anti-Communist, appearing as an expert witness at various governmental hearings and authoring a series of books on his experiences.”
Louis F. Budenz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
4. General Conrad Snow, chairman of the State Department Loyalty-Security Board, studied McCarthyÂ’s charges and evidence about Hanson, and
Snow stated that the charges were not, in fact, “baseless.” In fact, Snow concluded that none of McCarthy’s represented unfounded smearing of individuals.
“Joseph McCarthy: Reexamining the Life and Legacy of Americás Most Hated Senator” By Arthur Herman, p. 187-188.
a. Snow never fired anyone. He allowed suspects to quit or retire. When Hiram Bingham took over as chairman, he found “The place was full of Alger Hsses.” See “The Cold War Romance of Lillian Hellman and John Melby,” by Robert P. Newman, p. 221-222
Compare the above with the NYTimes whitewash.
