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Do you mean Edward R. Murrow?
No, he was a journalist for CBS. He was actually beloved by the Democratic Party, and even was asked by them to run for the Senate in New York. But he also hated Senator McCarthy, and frequently is the one most associated with the end of his investigations. And he went after the Senator personally because of the suicide of a friend of his. Laurence Duggan, who worked at the State Department, after being questioned by the FBI that he might be a Soviet spy. Based on an accusation by Whittaker Chambers.
Murrow was one of those that stated a great many times after his death that Duggan was no Soviet Spy, and all claims that he was one were complete lies.
However, both the release of Venona intercepts released in the 1990s and the KGB archives themselves later revealed that Laurence Duggan was in fact a KGB operative.
In fact, he was one of several people to kill themselves within a 5 year period. Most related to the Alger Hiss investigation, or revealed by Whittaker Chambers.
This was a interesting study on the arguments with him and MaCarthy ,you should watch it.
MaCarthy won. Murror told us Good Night and Good Luck" because he knew when him and his got through with this nation we were going to need all the luck we could get.