Word: discredit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...former characteristic is the Liberal hue and cry, usually pursued to a sickening degree, whenever Joe McCarthy was alleged to have stepped on a pink toe. An example of the latter characteristic is Mr. Gwirtzman's report on Bill Buckley's lecture. Mr. Gwirtzman tried his best to discredit the seriousness of Mr. Buckley's intent by inflating a few casual remarks about who would or would not shake hands with whom to the status of a main character in the plot. Did Mr. Gwirtzman attempt to convey any of Mr. Buckley's more serious points to his CRIMSON audience...
...Communist Party has made a JL most vigorous campaign against informants, seeking to discredit the former Communist whose testimony is necessary to expose the Communist conspiracy. They also have another reason: they want to discourage informants and other former Communists from telling the truth. To date, 134 Communist Party leaders have been indicted for violation of the Smith Act. In each case where convictions have resulted-83 convictions [and] only three acquittals-former Communists and onetime confidential informants have supplied the evidence which led juries to conclude [that] the persons were guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. If they...
...This praise is justifiable in light of current political pressure throughout the country. However, the attempt to label each performer's views prior to his appearance represents a dangerous compromise of this principle which the University claims to be upholding. These "labels" have been used far too often to discredit many great names in every profession and field of knowledge...
When the Asian-African conference opens at Bandung next week, the question of United States policy in the Far East is certain to be near the top of the agenda. Communist China can be expected to treat the conference as a major step in its effort to discredit the United States in the eyes of uncommitted Asians. Unfortunately, Chinese charges of American warmongering in the Far East may well find willing listeners even among non-Communists...
...firm conviction, moreover, that this hearing was deliberately brought on for the purpose of attacking the judgment of this court, attacking the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Justice Department, in a carefully thought-out scheme to generally discredit . . . the testimony of undercover agents and former Communist Party members . . . Matusow [has] obviously made an effort to convert these proceedings into a trial of the Department of Justice rather than of the issues before the court...