The Great War of the Worlds Panic Myth

Update: 2020-11-19

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On Halloween 1938 young radio star Orson Welles scared the pants off of America with a fictional news bulletin claiming Martians had landed and were destroying the country. People across the nation ran wild with panic in the streets – or did they?

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Reef Weston

Chuck around 6 minutes in references Orwell animal farm as portraying humans mistreatment of animals as the moral.

Nov 24th

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