To update I found this wonderful article to compare the reality of the story to the movie.  Good stuff!

I just saw “Good Night, and Good Luck” a couple nights ago.
Definitely a great movie. Its a very subtle movie, nothing flashy at all - it even lacks an underscore (although a few songs are featured being performed onscreen).
But, very engaging, and very, very topical.
I almost found myself yelling at the screen, sometimes at McCarthy, other times at some of the characters trying to justify going along with the red scare.
Possibly the best movie so far this year.

Needless to say, this film has got a lot of Bush’s drones, er, supporters up in arms.
Example: Couple quotes from Chistian.net/spotlight

“All of the liberals in Hollywood and Washington continue to call what Senator Joseph McCarthy did a “witch hunt,â€? as if witches didn’t exist. McCarthy remains the most maligned American of the 20th Century, and unfortunately, not one patriotic American Christian in ten thousand knows the truth about this man.”
and:
“Unfortunately this is not exactly historical revisionism. Most of the history books were written by liberal, anti-Americans in American academia of the 1950’s. At this point, history does need to be revised in order to declare the truth.”
Oh yes an allusion to the Liberal Conspiracy (tm)which spawned the “Liberal Media”
Oh, another:
“My morals are “very offendedâ€? by lies told by liberals who want to make themselves look morally superior.”
A fundamentalist Christian Conservative complaining about having someone else shove morality down his throat
Oh, just one more:
“-and while McCarthy was not a perfect human by any means, he was a perfect patriot willing to sacrifice his reputation for his country.”
Good God, to hear them tell it, McCarthy should have been elected president.
Aw, well the deluded often remain as such. Just thought you’d like to see how movies like these bring out the goodness in Christians/Conservatives.

Max

Damn, if it’s pissing off the Religious Right that much then it must be a great movie. Definitely added to my “see it at some point soon” list.

Gee, why would Bush’s supporters be annoyed by the movie?  Do they think anyone might see parallels between McCarthy and Bush?