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Suddenly a calm announcer breaks in with breaking news-strange explosions on Mars, then a metal cylinder crashing into a New Jersey field. What listeners were hearing wasn't real, but it was designed to sound exactly like the news bulletins they trusted. This was \"The War of the Worlds,\" a radio drama that would become one of the most talked-about broadcasts in history.  \nThat trusted-sounding voice belonged to a 23-year-old named Orson Welles, and he wasn't reporting anything at all. He and his group, the Mercury Theatre on the Air, were  \nperforming a play based on H. G. Wells's 1898 novel about invading Martians. To make it feel real, the writers turned the old book into a string of fake news updates, complete with reporters describing the creatures as the \"invasion\" unfolded. The broadcast aired on CBS on the night of October 30, 1938 -the evening before Halloween.  \nTurning a novel into fake news was a bold trick, and it worked partly because of how radio was woven into daily life. In the 1930s, radio was the main way most Americans got news, and a bulletin that interrupted regular programming meant something serious had happened. Welles's team copied that style precisely: an orchestra playing dance music, then an urgent voice cutting in, then a shaky report from the scene. If you tuned in a few minutes late, you missed the part that said it was only a story.  \nMissing that opening is exactly what newspapers claimed had thrown the country into chaos. The next morning, papers ran huge headlines describing terrified listeners fleeing their homes, jamming phone lines, and praying in the streets. The story of a nation tricked into panic was dramatic, and it spread fast across the front pages. For decades, that image of mass hysteria was retold in books and classrooms as simple fact.  \nHere's where the plot twist arrives, and it may surprise you more than the Martians did. Later historians who dug into the evidence argue that the panic was far smaller than the newspapers  \nsaid. Most people were listening to a more popular show on another station that night, and surveys taken afterward suggested only a small share of the audience thought the attack was real. Some researchers think newspapers may have exaggerated the story on purpose, partly because they saw radio asa rival stealing their advertisers.  \nThat rivalry hints at why we should always ask who is telling a story and why. The broadcast made Orson Welles famous almost overnight, and within a few years he was directing \"Citizen Kane,\" often called one of the greatest films ever made. Today the 1938 program is studied not just as spooky Halloween entertainment but as a lesson in how easily a convincing format can fool an audience. The strangest part isn't that a radio play imitated the news-it's that the news, in turn, may have invented a panic that never quite happened.  \nThe War of the Worlds Broadcast  \nName:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) What were listeners actually hearing during the broadcast described in the first paragraph?\u003Cbr>A. A radio drama built to sound like real news bulletins\u003Cbr>B. An interview with scientists studying Mars\u003Cbr>C. A recording of an old Halloween ghost story\u003Cbr>D. A live report of a real crash in New Jersey |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) Based on the sixth paragraph, what happened to Welles's career after the broadcast?\u003Cbr>A. He retired quietly and never worked in media again\u003Cbr>B. He wrote a sequel novel about the Martian invasion\u003Cbr>C. He was banned from working in radio and film\u003Cbr>D. 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