Finding H. G. Wells's novel ill-suited to a traditional performance, Welles and his producer, the actor John Houseman, presented it as a series of dramatized news bulletins, describing an ongoing alien invasion of the United States. It famously caused some panic among listeners who missed the show's disclaimers.*5 Paley's programming was, of course, not all so elevated.

Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, loc. 356