4. The supposed extraterrestrial ambassador explained that there had been a big misunderstanding, and that his people had no desire to exterminate humanity or demolish Earth to make room for an interstellar superhighway. He even went so far as to propose an alliance between worlds. The news networks ate it up. They ran his statements on a loop for hours and hours, punctuated by commentary from legions of talking heads, and called for mankind to heed the alien's words. It was lauded as the beginning of a glorious new age of galactic harmony (though some talk radio hosts called for his execution and dissection).
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