Word: witch-hunt
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...what he received. But it makes me sick to see how quickly ''not guilty of murder'' is translated into ''innocent.'' A man who threatens to kill his wife is very likely to do just that. He is neither a pillar of the community nor the victim of a witch-hunt. He is without a doubt a criminally abusive man, and that fact must not be ignored. MOLLY MINER, Evanston, Illinois Via E-mail...
Suddenly, an investigation that had imperiled Murdoch's ownership of his Fox network -- a probe he once dubbed a "witch-hunt" -- had become a family affair. And the five commissioners did nothing to change the mood, voting unanimously to endorse a resolution that could soon free Murdoch to resume terrorizing the established American networks, as he has done for the past two years. "It was a kiss on the cheek for Murdoch," says an influential Washington communications lawyer...
...Federal Communications Commission lawyers probing his 10-year-old purchase of TV stations now at the core of his Fox Broadcasting network, he grew clearly angry. "Either your people can't read, don't understand English or understand instruction," he said, his voice stone-hard, "or you have a witch-hunt in this...
Daunted, perhaps, by critics brandishing the words witch-hunt and McCarthyism, Senate Commerce Committee chairman Larry Pressler withdrew portions of a questionnaire he had sent to National Public Radio asking, among other things, about the ethnicity and possible political leanings of employees. Pressler, a foe of federal financing of public broadcasting, said he had merely wanted to get a fuller picture of the organization...
...reaction to the expanding probe of Tyson Foods has been swift and furious. In a prepared statement, company spokesman Archie Schaffer accused Smaltz of going "outside the scope of the independent counsel's charge" and of "taking off on a politically motivated witch-hunt." Tyson has hired Thomas Green, a top Washington white-collar defense attorney, to represent the company. Smaltz, however, says he was given the jurisdiction to look into any criminal charges arising from his original inquiry. "It's a very broad mandate," he said in an interview...