The panic touched off by Orson Welless 1938 radio broadcast of the science-fiction classic War of the Worlds has often been the ascribed to the lingering anxieties of the Depression era and apprehension about the a second world war; political and economic unease supposedly made people psychologically prepared to believe that Earth had been invaded by Martians.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the attempt above to explain the panic of 1938?
(A) Film adaptations of War of the Worlds are generally regarded as less realistic than Welless radio version.
(B) Rebroadcasts of Welles's War of the Worlds during times of peace and economic optimism have on occasion resulted in similar panics.
(C) The 1898 publication of the novel on which the radiobroadcast of War of the Worlds was based resulted in no public disturbances.
(D) Even after the invasion depicted in the 1938 radio broadcast had been widely publicized as fictitious, some people maintained that they had seen the Martian invaders.
(E) Some people who had not listened to the 1938 radio broadcast were nonetheless caught up in the resulting panic.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the attempt above to explain the panic of 1938?
(A) Film adaptations of War of the Worlds are generally regarded as less realistic than Welless radio version.
(B) Rebroadcasts of Welles's War of the Worlds during times of peace and economic optimism have on occasion resulted in similar panics.
(C) The 1898 publication of the novel on which the radiobroadcast of War of the Worlds was based resulted in no public disturbances.
(D) Even after the invasion depicted in the 1938 radio broadcast had been widely publicized as fictitious, some people maintained that they had seen the Martian invaders.
(E) Some people who had not listened to the 1938 radio broadcast were nonetheless caught up in the resulting panic.