ROAR: Georgia’s TV channel “fabricates bad future”
Published: 15 March, 2010, 13:47
Edited: 16 March, 2010, 14:50
A fake report of an alleged Russian invasion has provoked panic and protests in Georgia and sharp criticism in the world.
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Published: 15 March, 2010, 13:47
Edited: 16 March, 2010, 14:50
A fake report of an alleged Russian invasion has provoked panic and protests in Georgia and sharp criticism in the world.
People are really prone to panic, especially if they are already in a state of alarm. War jitters in America helped spark the Orson Welles 1938 War of the Worlds panic. Not so different here. Plus there have been at least 10 War of the Worlds style scares and numerous other minor upsets and hoaxes. Try a search for Waging the War of the Worlds, a book which details the whole history of these panics.