Editing Joseph McCarthy (section)

===House Un-American Activities Committee===
McCarthy's hearings are often incorrectly conflated with the hearings of the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] (HUAC). HUAC is best known for its investigations of [[Alger Hiss]] and the [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood film industry]], which led to the [[Hollywood blacklist|blacklisting]] of hundreds of actors, writers, and directors. HUAC was a House committee, and as such it had no formal connection to McCarthy, who served in the Senate, although the existence of the House Un-American Activities Committee thrived in part as a result of McCarthy's activities. HUAC was active for 37 years (1938–1975).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/history/house-un-american-activities-committee.html |title=House Un-American Activities Committee |publisher=infoplease.com |access-date=January 17, 2017 |archive-date=January 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118053003/http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/history/house-un-american-activities-committee.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>