Editing Howard K. Smith (section)

===Post-war===
In 1946, Smith went to London for CBS with the title of chief European correspondent.<ref name=MCreg /> In 1947, he made a long broadcasting tour of most of the nations of Europe, including behind the [[Iron Curtain]]. In 1949, Knopf published his ''The State of Europe'', a 408-page country-by-country survey of Europe that drew on these experiences and that argued "both the American and the Russian policies are mistaken"; he advocated more "social reform" for Western Europe and more "political liberty" for Eastern Europe.{{Citation needed |date=November 2023}} 

Despite these criticisms of Soviet policies, Smith was one of 151 alleged Communist sympathizers named in the ''[[Red Channels]]'' report issued in June 1950 at the beginning of the [[Red Scare]], effectively placing him on the [[Hollywood blacklist]].{{Citation needed |date=November 2023}}

Beginning on January 11, 1959, Smith moderated ''Behind the News with Howard K. Smith'', a CBS-TV program "analying news events and the significance of issues in the news". The sustaining program was broadcast on Sundays from 6 to 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=August 31, 1959 |page=72 |title=This Week (Cont'd) |url=https://archive.org/details/rossreportstele84ross/page/n1/mo |magazine=Ross Reports |access-date=November 14, 2023 }}</ref>