<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "War of the Worlds"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/54.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net War of the Worlds PBS has a nice new documentary on the infamous War of the Worlds broadcast.

http://video.pbs.org/video/2365069579/

However, there is some discussion that the "panic" is simply an American Myth. That there was in fact no panic.

Just a sample of the thoughts about it:
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/history/2013/10/orson_welles_war_of_the_worlds_panic_myth_the_infamous_radio_broadcast_did.2.html

The PBS documentary, like so many accounts of War of the Worlds before it, can’t resist the allure of the myth.


So why do you think the story of the famous broadcast is so alluring to people, and why is it still relevant today? ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/560341/6196257.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/560341/6196257.page GMT