Originally Posted by Balalsubturfyooj

The War of the Worlds (radio) comes to mind... the people thought what they were hearing was true... so much so it created a major panic... The lession is that the media does have far more influence on the majority of people then what we may think and they will act in a manor that they believe to be true for themselves...

It is very sad there was a loss of life of such a young person.

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