McCarthy Hearings

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1769.html

In this article it discusses the grip that McCarthy had on the United States. After a while though he began to make more and more ridiculous accusations. Once, the hearings were televised, everyone saw how McCarthy acted during the hearings and disapproved. I think this is a great show of the American culture. Before people saw the indecency of the hearings they got caught up in the craze of the "witchhunt". After however, they realized that they got caught up in exactly what McCarthy was doing and was making crazy accusations towards others. It shows that we love to follow others until something makes us come to our senses and stop. Sometimes however we are too late and reputations are damaged as a result. McCarthy gained fame at first and then infamy due to these trials and the American people followed his actions unquestioningly for a long time.