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The Story Behond 'War of the Worlds' Radio Show
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The War of the Worlds broadcast by Orson Welles in 1938 was a dramatization that led to rumors of mass panic. While the broadcast was intended as a Halloween prank, newspapers exaggerated the public's reaction to discredit radio, a competing medium. The FCC found no wrongdoing, and the panic was largely a myth. The broadcast's legacy includes influencing media and similar incidents, such as a deadly panic in Ecuador in 1949.
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