Anyone her old enough to know of Orson Welle's War of the World's broadcast? Pure fiction that brought panic to the radio audience and also brought media control as a result. The internet is magnitudes greater than his reach at that time. Today, you don't need a radio studio to broadcast widely, just one person with a cellphone. Gullible listeners still eat it up. It's illegal to cry FIRE in a theater (if no fire), and most agree that Orson was across the line. Questiin now is where is the line between free speech and public endangerment on the internet. Not to mention other issues such as trafficking, etc. The times, they are achanging.
Originally Posted by reddog1951
Herbert George Wells, was a very good author, he has many good books all which were jr high school reading when I was kid. Orson read for from H.G.wells book, there were some crazy, if people were serrious there should stared kidnapped a year ago.