Fear on trial is a must read for all those who value freedom if thought and expression for if it were not for john henry faulk howard stern don imus and rush limbaugh and others would not have the freedom they do today. Fear on trial is the story of john henry faulk william devane a rising personality on cbs in the 1950s who is suddenly deprived of his livelihood after being accused of communist sympathies and blacklisted. Fear on trialpublished in 1964 is john henry faulks story of his lonely and courageous fight against the practice of blacklisting that transformed him from a popular radio personality into an unemployable pariah after a battle that lasted six years he won sort of. Fear on trial is a must read for all those who value freedom if thought and expression for if it were not for john henry faulk howard stern don imus and rush limbaugh and others would not have the freedom they do today. John henry faulk was a popular radio and television personality during the mccarthy era he was host of his own radio program on wcbs in new york when he publicly challenged aware inc an ultrapatriotic group engaged in the systematic blacklisting of entertainment personalities