Despite the tremendous controversy, NBC sensed it was part of an orchestrated campaign and not an indication of listener consensus. Too many of the letters they received were written with identical language for it to be a coincidence. “It was like a great wave of witless drivel that broke upon our shore, rolled foaming up the beach and flowed out again,” said one NBC executive. “What coincidence, or as yet undiscoverable force, activated these variant minds and set them thinking along identical channels …”
