There are amazing similarities between the events which took place in the film Good Night and Good Luck to what was going on in 2005 during the film’s release. The movie is set in 1953 with all the horrors of Hitler and World War II still fresh in the minds of the American people. American media was antagonizing anything and anyone whom they believed to be a threat to American society, specifically the communists. Senator Joseph McCarthy simply used this fear for his own personal gain, falsely accusing hundreds of people of being communist. Because of the general American fear and animosity towards communists, very few people were willing to speak against him. This McCarthyism is all too similar to the events which took place in 2005. After the horrific terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the American people gained a similar fear and animosity towards terrorists, Muslims, and pretty much every middle-eastern country in general. Thus, George Bush was able to use this fear and heightened sense of American patriotism to his own advantage. Just as McCarthy shouted terrorist, Bush shouted WMDs, both accusations being void of any real proof or confirmation.
Why, after the war, would communism become such a threat? and why would we help Nazis emigrate and attack our former ally?
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