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Follow RT for news and stories about McCarthyism, which is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence, named for US Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period of American history frequently called the Second Red Scare (1940s-50s.) Get the news from RT on Joseph McCarthy and the investigations and hearings he launched to expose alleged communist penetration of different areas of the US government. The term is often used to denote the defamation of character or reputation by means of widely publicized, indiscriminate allegations. Find news from RT on the comments on McCarthyism by politicians. Recently, US President Donald Trump referred to the Mueller probe as “McCarthyism.” Washington often accuses Moscow of various things without providing any proof, and moreover, imposes sanctions on Russia. Many people, like filmmaker Oliver Stone, believe this kind of behavior is reminiscent of McCarthyism. Get the news from RT on Moscow’s responses to the US’ hostile actions towards Russia and its officials, including Russian Ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak. Sergey Lavrov believes that all the scrutiny over Kislyak’s communications with members of Trump administration resembles the days of McCarthyism, and Moscow won’t apply a tit-for-tat approach to US Ambassador to Russia John Tefft.

Strident BLM activists are imposing their orthodoxy on race-related matters with a fervor approaching Red Scare McCarthyism
Should the issue of racism really trump all of America’s other flaws, such as runaway wealth inequality, out of control military spending, a corrupt finance system, an oligarchic mass media, and a throttled democracy?
Jul 11, 2020 13:01
‘Assadist list’ nothing more than McCarthyism paired with ‘hoodwink’ science
To paraphrase those Hollywood actors when dragged before the arc-lights of the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC): “I am not now nor have I ever been an Assadist.”
Aug 28, 2018 13:54
Trump calls Mueller probe ‘McCarthyism at its worst’ lashing out at ‘fake’ New York Times
US President Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to launch another scathing attack on the New York Times and Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, calling it “McCarthyism at its WORST.”
Aug 19, 2018 17:39
USA News
McCarthyism 2.0: Real skill of US ‘disinformation experts’ is spreading disinformation
An obscure bloggers hit-job on an American writer and his associates amounts to small beans. In the bigger picture, however, it exposes a cancer spreading through present American discourse on Russia and the wider world.
Aug 1, 2018 15:34
McCarthyism and ‘open season’ on Russia: Reactions to MSNBC attack on Greenwald
Intercept editor Glenn Greenwald was accused of being a Russian agent after appearing at a conference in Moscow and giving an interview to RT. Attacks on him reflect the growing anger and cynicism in the US, journalists said.
Jul 10, 2018 20:03
USA News
How the US stifles free speech: Reviving McCarthyism & nurturing Orwellian society
The new or expanded Global Engagement Center under the State Department seems to be morphing into what one might someday recognize as Orwell's "Ministry of Truth."
May 10, 2018 11:47