When you have media organs viewing fear-mongering as a payday, senior politicians seeing fear-mongering as sound political strategy, and terrorists considering fear-mongering as a victory unto itself, where are citizens expected to find a voice of reason?--Matthew T. Felling (of the Center for Media and Public Affairs), quoted in the Chronicle about a study showing that government (and news media) hyping of terror threats actually serves the interests of the terrorists (well, duh).
[That's all, folks]
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