Orson Welles
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It is Sunday evening—you turn on the radio and the news breaks that planet Earth is invaded by Mars. So what do you do? You panic, of course. Well, that was the case for many when they switched on the radio on 30 October 1938. By the end of October 1938, Welles’s Mercury Theatre on
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On February 12, 1949, Ecuador experienced one of the most bizarre and tragic events in its history, triggered by a radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds. This incident, which took place in the capital city of Quito, serves as a dramatic example of the power of mass media and the dangers of misinformation.
History of Sorts 