Consider these three findings together: 1. Americans are more worried about crime; 2. Crime is down regardless of source; and 3. Concern about crime is natio

Consider these three findings together: 1. Americans are more worried about crime; 2. Crime is down regardless of source; and 3. Concern about crime is national not local. This is manufactured consent in action. Politicians hype up crime panic. The media amplifies that message. Why you see a disparity between local and national crime is because people see crime isn't out of control in their local communities so they think the crime wave must be elsewhere.