[news] Green is the new Red

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By WILL POTTER | May 05 2006

The Red Scare was less about evidence than really great PR. Joseph McCarthy and crew flacked one word so relentlessly, so virulently, that it became a political albatross to hang around anyone's neck. The true meaning of the word fell by the wayside: communism became a fluid brand to slap on the enemy of the hour.

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