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awkward situation to -- At that time -- you know, it's easy to look back now and say what should have been done. And there's no point in getting in to what should have been done, except that it was a very difficult period. And NBC was in the same boat. But, as I've indicated earlier, I think we took the fire and had more difficulty than they did.

Q:

Well, it's -- hold on a second.

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Q:

We were just talking off tape where all the good conversation happens. And I was about to ask you if you think that something like McCarthyism could happen again, or are there certain regulatory practices now both in the government and in the networks--

Stanton:

It could happen again. People have short memories. You know, look what happened to the Japanese in World War II. Look what happened to the German-Americans in World War I. Those things have happened in the past, they have repeated themselves. I would like to think that the media is stronger now and would resist the kind of thing that we went through in World War II and after World War II. I don't know where it's going to break out but I'll bet you a plug nickel that it will break out. And if we get into a period of very acute economic stress, or we get into a war situation, another Vietnam, there'll be opportunities for this kind of outbreak again. All I can say is that I hope it wouldn't happen, but I just can't believe that it won't.

Q:

What was the fallout for CBS after this period? Was there a tighter -- did the McCarthy





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