Media bias in coverage of the Dies Committee on Un-American Activities, 1938-1940.

Focuses on the background and work of the Dies Committee on Un-American Activities (also known as the House Un-American Activities Committee) and how the newspapers, wire services and magazines covered the New Deal and accusations of communist subversion in New Deal programs. Use of 20 geographically representative daily newspapers in four categories to identify political position; The four categories; Exploitation of wire services by Joseph McCarthy; Washington correspondents.