Claim 128

At least one Times employee was dismissed before the hearings even started once he indicated he would invoke the Fifth Amendment rather than answer the subcommittee.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: At least one Times employee was dismissed before the hearings even started once he indicated he would invoke the Fifth Amendment rather than answer the subcommittee.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: Staff fired before testifying
About: incident 1955-us-eastland-subcommittee-subpoenas-new-york-times
Source: The Press: Eastland v. the Times
Publisher: Time
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 1956-11-26

Quotation from the source

the Times fired him before the hearings started, when he indicated that he would duck behind the Fifth