TIAI October 30

[ForstAMoon]

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OCT 30, 1938
October 1938: War of the Worlds
On Oct. 30, 1938, up-and-coming actor and director Orson Welles stages a radio adapation of H.G. Welles' novel War of the Worlds set in modern-day New Jersey. Presented as a series of news bulletins and without commercial breaks, the intense broadcast convinces many that the Martian invasion may be real, sparking panic in communities throughout the country.

[lilwendy]

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Greatest Hoaxes Ever

Oct 30, 1938

October 1938: War of the Worlds
On Oct. 30, 1938, up-and-coming actor and director Orson Welles stages a radio adapation of H.G. Welles' novel War of the Worlds set in modern-day New Jersey. Presented as a series of news bulletins and without commercial breaks, the intense broadcast convinces many that the Martian invasion may be real, sparking panic in communities throughout the country.

[willddoMJ]

i so remember about that, know all about it :d got that recording on my pc aliens really invading the world :lol:

[loyalfan]

WOW   I AM EXCITED.............MICHEAL WE  LOVE YOU..XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

[thecheetoman2004]

The "War of the Worlds" hoax happened in 1938, which is 72 years ago.

7+2 = 9

[Adi]

Love this redirect  )

Hopefully soon the biggest and best of them all may soon be listed there!!!!  8-)

Interesting scrolling and reading about all the others...if you get a chance see the movie "HOAX" with Richard Gere...it's about the Clifford Irving hoax...writing the fake Howard Hughes "autobiography" and selling it to LIFE magazine and McGraw-Hill. Classic.

[melody]

Another anniversary.  

Interesting collection of hoaxes they have there. The next slide seems very fitting don'tcha think? "Sometime hoaxes are good -- as in the case of the Hoax That Saved the World."

Speaking of "greatest" hoaxes ever, I'm surprised this wasn't included: [youtube:1vhr1edd]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdQqh9jvB6w[/youtube:1vhr1edd]
The spaghetti tree hoax.

... CNN called this broadcast "the biggest hoax that any reputable news establishment ever pulled."

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[lilwendy]

Love this redirect  )

Hopefully soon the biggest and best of them all may soon be listed there!!!!  8-)

My thoughts exactly!  

[2good2btrue]

Almost all of the hoaxes occured on the 1st January..... :?  :?  :?  :?  :?  :?  :?

[*Mo*]

October 1938: War of the Worlds
On Oct. 30, 1938, up-and-coming actor and director Orson Welles stages a radio adapation of H.G. Welles' novel War of the Worlds set in modern-day New Jersey. Presented as a series of news bulletins and without commercial breaks, the intense broadcast convinces many that the Martian invasion may be real, sparking panic in communities throughout the country.

This redirect also reminds me of all the "bombs on planes" news yesterday which eventually ended with al-Qaida being blamed for making the bombs.  al-Qaida = al Fake eda.  Fake news again to create fear and panic, another red flag event..?  It looks like we're heading towards something big.

[ForstAMoon]

October 1938: War of the Worlds
On Oct. 30, 1938, up-and-coming actor and director Orson Welles stages a radio adapation of H.G. Welles' novel War of the Worlds set in modern-day New Jersey. Presented as a series of news bulletins and without commercial breaks, the intense broadcast convinces many that the Martian invasion may be real, sparking panic in communities throughout the country.

This redirect also reminds me of all the "bombs on planes" news yesterday which eventually ended with al-Qaida being blamed for making the bombs.  al-Qaida = al Fake eda.  Fake news again to create fear and panic, another red flag event..?  It looks like we're heading towards something big.

This is exactly my thinking of yesterday. The whole story is quite strange and gives very uncomfortable feeling.

[lilwendy]

Here's some thoughts from my blog: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

Ok so TIAI redirected to War of the Worlds as one of the Greatest Hoaxes Ever today.
So I started reading up on this hoax and went down a rabbit hole as usual that took me down several paths:  Radio Project, Rockefellers, CBS, Sony, social experiments, etc.
What I came across and where my thoughts took me I will attempt to note down here but I really feel like I’m losing my mind right now! LOL
The lines of the truth and lies are blurring. Period.
That’s really what I came up with.  
That’s all… thanks for reading!  
Just kidding.

The reason War of the Worlds was so believable was because it combined what most people took as reality (news broadcasts, interrupting programs with information, etc.) with a fictitious story (alien invasion) and thus people believed it.
Well we are living in this world on a daily basis!
Here’s a couple of articles I read while in the rabbit hole:
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Then I started thinking:  All the crapola on TMZ, the disclaimer that states clearly that none of the articles are necessarily true, and on sites like CNN that have the same disclaimer…. NOTHING that is presented to us in the media is necessarily true!  In fact, journalists can fabricate information with no repercussions, and mix it with truth, stick a photograph with the picture (that could be from a totally different time) and sell it as a truthful article!
Then a couple of thoughts crossed my mind…. Well if journalists can write articles as truth, then why can’t I?  Why can’t I just start creating a truth for myself on my blog…. Because I blogged about it, does that mean it’s now true?
Then I thought, ok here I am … the past 16 months my truth in my heart has been that MJ is alive, despite all the media telling me he is dead.  Polls asking if people think MJ is alive or dead.  Hey…. Is this all part of a massive project to see what is people’s reality… what they will believe?
Then I remember TS talking about coming up with a coherent theory.  One that combines everything that we “know” into one story… one believable story.   This was triggered while reading one of the articles above.  It states that “writers of fiction use fact to make their work believable.”   So the bottom line is, what do we believe is believable?  I could make up ANYTHING and as long as I mix it with fact, enough truth to make it plausible, then people just may believe MJ is alive.
Some of us can believe that MJ would fake his death, and leave his family for over a year, for some greater good.  Some of us can’t comprehend him leaving his kids for that long so he couldn’t be alive.  But which is true?  It’s all perception.
We my friends are getting quite the lesson on understanding why we believe what we believe.  
I will be posting more on this, however, it is almost 3am and I’m concerned I may not be thinking entirely clearly at this point!  

[trublu]

I am very much liking todays redirect. Thank you TS.

[~Souza~]

A few thought crossed my mind:

Alien invasions: All the news lately about aliens and UFO's makes me think they might go and try it again.

Orson Welles: Mr. Kane in Citizen Kane, a movie from 1941 by himself. You absolutely should watch this movie. It's great and it has so many links to MJ. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

Broadcast: "Presented as a series of news bulletins and without commercial breaks, the intense broadcast convinces many that the Martian invasion may be real, sparking panic in communities throughout the country." Maybe Mike will have an intense broadcast as well, to convince people of his message, this time without it being a hoax.

Redirect: TS seems to be redirecting on a regular base again, while he said he wouldn't, unless there was progress in the Eliza case or Murray case. Maybe we are heading to something. To the "War of the Worlds" maybe?

[trublu]

Maybe Mike will have an intense broadcast as well, to convince people of his message, this time without it being a hoax.

You know I've been thinking about this for a while and I think even if that happened there would still be people believing it's not true! That it's an impersonator or something. That's how much I think some people believe in the media. It's insane. The media would have to admit they were wrong, which would a fantastic day for the world I think