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Anyone else got the feeling that the US still hasn't gotten over a serious case of the jitters yet?
by teeja 14y ago
Anyone else got the feeling that the US still hasn't gotten over a serious case of the jitters yet?
- e40 14y agoYou can partially blame the 24/7 news cycle for this. It overstates risks and uses fear to drive viewership.
- jeremysmyth 14y agoOnly partially? I thought that the culture of fear created by sensationalist news was precisely the reason the US has a violent crime rate that's two orders of magnitude above any other functioning democracy.