Orson Welles’ <em>War of the Worlds</em> Did Not Touch Off a Nationwide Hysteria. Few Americans Listened. Even Fewer Panicked.
Wednesday marks the 75th anniversary of Orson Welles’ electrifying War of the Worlds broadcast, in which the Mercury Theatre on the Air enacted a...
Mathew Ingram
15d ago
A reminder that the alleged hysteria around Orson Welles' radio play "War of the Worlds" was fake news created by newspapers in an attempt to discredit radio, which was siphoning off revenue from the newspaper industry
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