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There will still be some lag between initial release and govt response. C.f. The War of the Worlds broadcast
by mathieuh 7y ago
There will still be some lag between initial release and govt response. C.f. The War of the Worlds broadcast
- manifestsilence 7y agoYikes, yeah. The War of the Worlds broadcast panic was an accident, too. Imagine an engineered panic on that scale. Especially if it was released through a trusted news source, by either hackery or social engineering.
- underwater 7y agoIronically, the current belief is that The War of the Worlds panic was greatly exaggerated: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/war-of-the-worlds/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/war-of-the-worlds/