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George Clooney's second feature - written with his producing partner Grant Heslov - was 2005's GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK, a dramatization of newsman Edward R. Murrow's brave stance against Senator Joe McCarthy's anticommunist witch hunt. Well, just against the witch hunt part. And we're not sure it was all that brave - listen and find out. Plus, obviously, we talk about how this all obviously reminds us of support for Gaza, and how Clooney doesn't seem to know that.

Further Reading:

A History of Broadcasting in the United States + Media Marathon, both by Erik Barnouw

The Strange Career of Annie Lee Moss: Rethinking Gender, Race, and McCarthyism

https://web.archive.org/web/20071103160336/http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jah/94.2/friedman.html

Further Listening:

Michael and Us - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/michael-and-us-cinematic-civics-lesson/id791564318?i=1000659893073

Citations Needed - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep-207-us-backed-killing-of-journalists-in-gaza/id1258545975?i=1000665331874

Thanks as always to Jetski for our theme music and to Jeremy Allison for our artwork.