[78-L] Panic..or myth? (Hey, it was 73 years ago tonight, too)

[Michael Biel]

Elizabeth discussed this a few years ago and it makes sense -- even the
lurid news reports gave the estimate of the number of people who
panicked at one million.  The population of the U.S was 130 million. 
That means less than 1% of the population panicked.  The newspapers blew
it out of proportion as a way of ridiculing their rival media.  The BBC
article mentions Cantril's figure of 1.2 million who were "frightened"
or "disturbed" which is even less extreme than "panicked".

Leah and I participated in a webcast on RadioOnceMore.com from the
Grovers Mill Coffee Co. tonight, and this was one of the things I
discussed.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com

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Subject: [78-L] Panic..or myth? (Hey, it was 73 years ago tonight, too)
From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
Date: Sun, October 30, 2011 11:12 pm
To: 78L <78-L at 78online.com>

What's this about War Of The Worlds not causing that much of a panic?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/magazine-15470903

dl