Media Influence On Fahrenheit 451
I believe that the things happening around the time of this book being published influenced Fahrenheit 451 like the blacklisting, and McCarthyism. These subjects are around the time of the Cold War which was a big time conflict at the time of Fahrenheit 451 being published which was a time of government intervention on civil rights, businesses, newspapers, TV shows, and movies, and all around censored. Blacklisting is a nice interesting topic that I actually find insightful when comparing blacklisting to today’s media. These actually a movie that was made in 2015 about blacklisting it is called “Trumbo”. That I forgot about until we started doing this project but I digress, the conflicts were between the HUAC (The House Un-American Activities) and Hollywood’s Directors and
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McCarthy, he believed anybody who was part of the Communist Party associated or spoke with anybody of the Communist Party we’re spies to take down America. He inspired witch-hunts of anybody associated with the Communist Party. McCarthy’s downfall came when he did televised hearings going after the United States Army he did this for eight weeks. McCarthy interrogated army officials, including many decorated war heroes. But this was his mistake because it showed how mean-spirited his campaign was. After that, the army went on the attack and ripped his campaign to shred. In one of the televised hearings Council for the Army simply asked McCarthy, "At long last, have you no sense of decency
McCarthy, he believed anybody who was part of the Communist Party associated or spoke with anybody of the Communist Party we’re spies to take down America. He inspired witch-hunts of anybody associated with the Communist Party. McCarthy’s downfall came when he did televised hearings going after the United States Army he did this for eight weeks. McCarthy interrogated army officials, including many decorated war heroes. But this was his mistake because it showed how mean-spirited his campaign was. After that, the army went on the attack and ripped his campaign to shred. In one of the televised hearings Council for the Army simply asked McCarthy, "At long last, have you no sense of decency