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→Criticism of McCarthy's methods: filled with trivia, perpetuates a lot of false myths
--[[User:PF Fox|PF Fox]] 19:53, 23 March 2007 (EDT)
--[[User:PF Fox|PF Fox]] 19:53, 23 March 2007 (EDT)
:PF Fox, it's not an issue of facts, it's an issue of scale. There's just too much material that makes a redundant point. I suggest a paragraph or two could be moved to [[United States Army Signal Corps#PSI investigations]]; other material also may fit elsewhere. Perhaps you may wish to start [[Joseph Welch]] and place the famous exchange in there. But this article needs some proportion to it. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 20:20, 23 March 2007 (EDT)
:PF Fox, it's not an issue of facts, it's an issue of scale. There's just too much material that makes a redundant point. I suggest a paragraph or two could be moved to [[United States Army Signal Corps#PSI investigations]]; other material also may fit elsewhere. Perhaps you may wish to start [[Joseph Welch]] and place the famous exchange in there. But this article needs some proportion to it. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 20:20, 23 March 2007 (EDT)
: The section is filled with trivia like McCarthy asking the VOA Director of Religious Programming
about his religious beliefs. What is the criticism? Do some people think that this was an unfair question? Who? Why?
: It describes Kaplan's suicide, but fails to say how this is a criticism of McCarthy. It is not clear how this is a criticism of McCarthy, except to suggest that McCarthy is responsible for Kaplan's death. Who says that? Why? It is irresponsible to put such a suggestion in, without at least giving McCarthy's side of the story.
: The Welch incident is completely one-sided and misleading. Welch had asked McCarthy to name someone, and McCarthy named Fisher because his name and history was already known.
: The section includes unsupported opinions like, "McCarthy's support and popularity began to fade due to his lack of actual evidence and defendant convictions." Whoever wrote this seems to think that McCarthy was a prosecuting attorney. He was not. McCarthy was a US Senator, and it was not his job to convict defendants.
: This whole section perpetuates a lot of false myths, and should be slashed and fixed. If I do it, then I would remove most of it, as it is unbalanced, misleading, and I don't even see the point to most of the so-called criticisms. [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 20:40, 23 March 2007 (EDT)