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Article: Clooney's tribute to Murrow's battle against McCarthy is top contender at Venice film fest
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FRANCES D'EMILIO, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
09-01-2005
Dateline: VENICE, Italy
Broadcast pioneer Edward R. Murrow is the hero and Sen. Joseph McCarthy is the villain in George Clooney's black-and-white "Good Night, and Good Luck," making its premiere at the Venice film festival Thursday night.
While it may raise the hackles of conservatives, the movie is not designed to be an attack on U.S. President George W. Bush's policies, Clooney insisted Thursday at a news conference, although he did call himself an "old, bold liberal."
But the parallels with today's burning questions are unavoidable.
Can we champion freedom abroad without trampling on it at home? In McCarthy's 1950s ...
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