The term "McCarthyism" became a synonym for reckless smear tactics intended to destroy the victim's political standing and public character. ... The Army-McCarthy televised hearings from April 22 to June 17, 1954, turned the tables on McCarthy and his committee counsel. ... And if anyone ever tried to catch him in a lie he would accuse them of being a "Communist sympathiser." ...

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