For the second time in a century, people are freaking out over imaginary alien invaders in New Jersey.
But as I told @space.com, just like with Orson Welles’s WAR OF THE WORLDS in 1938, the NJ drone story offers a lesson in fake news and the viral power of fear:
https://www.space.com/entertainment/86-years-after-infamous-war-of-the-worlds-broadcast-visitors-in-the-sky-have-new-jersey-panicking-again
But as I told @space.com, just like with Orson Welles’s WAR OF THE WORLDS in 1938, the NJ drone story offers a lesson in fake news and the viral power of fear:
https://www.space.com/entertainment/86-years-after-infamous-war-of-the-worlds-broadcast-visitors-in-the-sky-have-new-jersey-panicking-again
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(But I guess that’s what happens when UFOs, fake news, and New Jersey combine into a single news story.)
https://bsky.app/profile/bnonews.com/post/3ldca2qzjkc2h
In the decade since I started writing about WAR OF THE WORLDS, not one Halloween has gone by without an interview request, lecture invite, etc.
The memory of the Martians, I’m happy to report, remains very much alive (especially in NJ)…