Would War of the Worlds Fool People Today?
In our next look back at popular media from the past & see if it would still hold up in today’s entertainment landscape, we decided to take one out of left field & look at the original War of the Worlds radio broadcast! With the rise of online news & the use of social media platforms like Twitter to break news stories, our need for immediacy with our updates to the world around us is at an all time high. Is it possible that a modern attempt at a digital broadcast for that fateful fictitious invasion drama could fool people as easily as it did back in 1938? Let’s take a look & find out!