We live in the age of the death of truth.

In 1938, Orson Welles produced a radio play called War of the Worlds, a dramatization of the book by H.G. Wells. It was purported to be a live broadcast featuring witnesses and experts on air as Mars attacked Earth. People who had tuned in after the initial opening of the show believed it to be real. Panic ensued.

History.com wrote: “In New Jersey, ground zero for the fictitious invasion, national guardsmen wanted to know where they should report for duty and the Trenton Police Department fielded 2,000 calls in under two hours. In Providence, R.I., hysterical callers begged the electric company to cut power to the city to keep it safe from the extraterrestrial invaders.”

Today, it is easier for anyone to produce realistic but fake........

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