Where did the McCarthy hearings take place?
Most of them were held in Room 357 or Room 357 of the Senate Office Building in Washington. Hearings were also held New York City , at the federal courthouse at Foley Square or at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Some executive sessions took place at Fort Monmouth , New Jersey and in Boston.
In the movie Good night and good luck. why do they want to take McCarthy down?
Senator Joseph McCarthy was famous for the hearings he held into alleged Communist infiltration into American society, including the government and Hollywood. His hearings ruined a lot of lives, and he was ruthless in dealing with witnesses. Edward R. Murrow was a reporter who saw the damage McCarthy was doing and had the courage to cover the story in order to reveal McCarthy for the demagogue he was. (For another good movie on the damage…