McCarthyism and Herblock

[Grant Barrett]

Pretty much you've lived an insufficient life if your obituary
doesn't include at least one claimed coinage. Can anyone prove
or disprove this one? The OED has "1950 N.Y. Post 5 Apr. 44/1 To
call McCarthyism a fascist atmosphere would be descriptive
enough" as the first citation.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23022-2001Oct7.html

"He chronicled every president from Herbert Hoover to George W.
Bush. He coined the term 'McCarthyism' for the smear tactics of
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, the red-baiting Wisconsin Republican
who was eventually censured by the Senate. His drawings of a fat
and patient humanoid A-bomb encapsulated the menace of nuclear
weapons."


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Grant Barrett
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