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Instigating this fear was Joseph McCarthy. McCarthy was a Republican senator from Wisconsin and was the leader behind the ethos of McCarthyism. The term was created in 1950 by Washington Post writer Herbert Block.
U.S. anti-Communist propaganda of the 1950s, specifically addressing the entertainment industry. McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence.