If you look up "McCarthyism" in the dictionary, it will be defined as“the practice of publicizing accusations with insufficient regard to evidence” and “the use of unfair investigatory methods to suppress opposition.” Also, to be labeled a McCarthyite is like being called a liar or a fraud.
HUAC ruined peoples jobs and careers simply by calling them as witnesses. McCarthy claimed that there were known communists in the State Department. He held investigations and hearings and did ruin many careers.
Photo of Joseph McCarthy: (http://tomroeser.com/blog/img/f24336/Joseph_McCarthy.jpg)
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xkU5dSjm44&feature=fvw)
(http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/books/review/Oshinsky-t.html?scp=5&sq=joe%20mccarthy&st=cse)
If you look up "McCarthyism" in the dictionary, it will be defined as “the practice of publicizing accusations with insufficient regard to evidence” and “the use of unfair investigatory methods to suppress opposition.” Also, to be labeled a McCarthyite is like being called a liar or a fraud.
(http://www.trackedinamerica.org/timeline/mccarthy_era/intro/)
HUAC ruined peoples jobs and careers simply by calling them as witnesses. McCarthy claimed that there were known communists in the State Department. He held investigations and hearings and did ruin many careers.
http://www.mccookgazette.com/blogs/1460/entry/31569/
There are theories in which people say that McCarthyism was just a plot to get at his political enemies, and in the end it only ended up effecting him.