We annihilated the world before your very ears tonight, and utterly destroyed the C. B.S. You will be relieved, I hope, to
learn that we didn't mean it, and that both institutions are
still open for business. So goodbye everybody, and
remember the terrible lesson you learned tonight. That
grinning, glowing, globular invader of your living room is an
inhabitant of the pumpkin patch, and if your doorbell rings
and nobody's there, that was no Martian ... it's Hallowe'en.
Based on the transcript, what was Welles most likely trying to do through his
use of the medium of radio?
A. Judge radio for adding no value to the world
B. Present a message about how trustful people are of media
C. Explain why a radio station was closing
D. Encourage the audience to buy a book