Editing Red Channels (section)

== ''Counterattack'' ==
In May 1947, [[Alfred Kohlberg]], an American textile importer and an ardent member of the anti-Communist [[China Lobby]]<!-- [http://www.americanforeignrelations.com/A-D/The-China-Lobby.html '''China Lobby'''] -->, funded an organization, led by three former [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agents, called '''American Business Consultants Inc.''', which issued a newsletter, ''[[Counterattack (newsletter)|Counterattack]].''<ref>Nancy E. Bernhard, ''U.S. Television News and Cold War Propaganda, 1947–1960'' (Cambridge University Press, 2003), p. 56</ref> Kohlberg was also an original national council member of the [[John Birch Society]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2013/bringing-back-birch |title = Bringing Back Birch {{!}} Southern Poverty Law Center}}</ref> A special report, ''Red Channels: the Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television,'' was published by ''Counterattack'' in June 1950. Its declared purpose was to "expos[e] the most important aspects of Communist activity in America each week."<ref>''Red Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television'' (New York: Counterattack, 1950), ad after p. 213</ref>