Historical revisionism can be useful, but frequently it is distorted to concoct new folklore by people with axes to grind.  Millions of television viewers believed they learned something about the Korean War from M*A*S*H*. More millions were misled about McCarthyism by George Clooney’s movie Good Night and Good Luck -- a fictional documentary of Edward R. Murrow‘s 1954 semi-fictional telecast about Senator Joseph McCarthy’s search for subversives in the U.S. government  Murrow and his CBS crew carefully edited film clips to give McCarthy the worst possible public image, as did Clooney. Had McCarthy done the same to Murrow, the media’s outrage would have been overwhelming. Both exhibitions were less concerned with history than the Hollywood pro-communists’ hatred for the defenders of their freedom to make capitalist fortunes. Of the first example it may be asked: why make a fuss over a silly sitcom? Because it is part of the dim,...(Read Full Article)