political climate of the 1950s

in the 1950s politics seemed like nothing more than children running around saying "I'm in charge". with all the McCarthy hearings, media people were having their lives ruined simply because he had said they were a "National threat". when you look at the end of the hearings you can see how insanly incredible these accusations had become. they were beginning to be based on nothing more than suspicion and 'well i heard from him that he haerd from her that she told him her that she was told by the brother of him...' they were grasping at straws just to find these people guilty. ll just because McCarthy said so.