it was the anti-communi campaign of senator joseph r. mccarthy. >> good evening. tonight's "see it now" devotes its entire half-hour to a report on senator joseph r. mccarthy told mainly in his own words and pictures. on one thing, the senator has been consistent. often operating as a one-man committee, he has traveled far, interviewed many, terrorized some. >> one of those documents that was never supposed to have seen the light of day... >> one month later, murrow and cbs gave mccarthy airtime to rebut the original "see it now" program. >> ordinarily, i would not take time out from the important work at hand to answer murrow. however, in this case, i feel justified in doing so because murrow is a symbol, the leader, and the cleverest of the jackal pack which is always found at the throat of anyone who dares to expose individual communists and traitors. >> before "see it now" exposed the tactics of senator mccarthy, the press had been largely compliant and even inadequate. oh, there was plenty of reporting that he had made his charges, but very little work done to