Aliens, Hoaxes, still possible today?

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Orson-Welles-Iconic-War-Worlds/story.aspx?guid=%7B1F065248-4FFF-4DEE-8F7B-78FA99B1E385%7D

The following link talks of the simplicity of pulling off hoaxes 70 years ago. They manipulated the people's minds by spreading false, fabricated news of aliens invading. Now, will a hoax or prank such as this, be possible nowadays?

Well, first comparing our technological advanced between the 70 year period, we have a lot more knowledge of the world, and space. The infamous hoaxes 70 years ago talked of aliens invading earth, but I don't think this is possible today. This is because people are more educated nowadays. The term "alien" back then meant green blobs with far advanced technology. Nowadays, the term "alien" or "outer space life" means any life that is supported out of earth. Meaning, it can talk of microorganisms that live on mars that's too small to see. Furthermore, the over use of media on aliens, will probably cause such hoax nowaday to fail.

Although the speicifc hoax may not work, there are still many lies, and jokes that surf around the internet that have been getting a lot of attention. One I can think off my head is the

2012, december 21st, the end of the world, the apocolypse. This fabrication of information is similar to the one done 70 years ago, and it's been pretty popular. It speaks of the world's end, because the mayans thousands of years ago ended their calender on said date. They state they have predicted many actions done in our era, but their predictions were too vague. Although it is not proven, there are many people on the internet fearing for said date.

This is my opinion on hoaxes. There were many gullible people then, there are many gullible people now. But the hoaxes must change to fit in with the times.