Nice jab at the mainstream media...
... trying to stir the "sensationalism pot" during the field interview at site of thespaceship:
Reporter: I suppose you are just as scared as the rest of us.
Klaatu: In a different way, perhaps. I am fearful when I see people substituting fear for reason.
When the reporter sensed that Klaatu wasn't going "bite" and add to the hysteria, he moved on.
Guess times haven't changed all that much.