Listeners in 1938 thought the fictional broadcast was a real news report. By Julia Jacobo. October 30, 2018, 5:03 AM. 2:00. Orson Welles, American actor and film director, Oct. 30, 1938.

Professor Fox's study, titled "No Joke: A Comparison of Substance in The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and Broadcast Network Television Coverage of the 2004 Presidential Election Campaign," will be ...