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Articles authored by John Stossel, "Worry Describing the Right Things" and "The Media
Likes Scaring Us," both of which are available online, are fascinating reads regarding how
the media in the United States focuses on feeding our worries. Worrying About the Right
Things" is an essay that discusses how we should worry about the things that are essential to
us. It is available online. To anybody who follows the news, it should come as no surprise
that the news business handpicks stories that are both unusual and outstanding in their natural
setting. The majority of news these days is concerned with being entertaining in order to
maintain the public's short attention span and get the right number of views.
Many times, these tales "colour" a problem that is statistically improbable to occur, but has
occurred on a few occasions, in order to make it seem more believable to the audience. For
example, fear mongering in the media may be seen while covering topics such as avian flu,
weaponry, and violent video games, among others.
According to many experts, the threat presented by avian flu was the most severe hazard
facing the whole world at the time. While I was relieved to read that there were no deaths in
the United States due to the avian flu, I was taken aback to realize that the common flu
claimed the lives tens of thousands of people during the same time period. However, the
media has been reporting on the epidemic of avian flu for many months despite this fact. The
avian flu virus was shown to be a fatal virus that may strike at any time of day or night. The
fact that the common flu is the more immediate danger, and that my fear is directly related to
the way the virus has been depicted in the media, has made me more concerned about the
prospect of bird flu, which is much less likely.
Stossel also brings up the connection between aviation disasters and vehicle accidents, as
well as the fact that the media "hypes" people's fear of flying, despite the reality that driving
is significantly more hazardous than flying, in his segment. "My anxiety of flying has

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Media Hype Student’s Name Institutional Affiliate Date Articles authored by John Stossel, "Worry Describing the Right Things" and "The Media Likes Scaring Us," both of which are available online, are fascinating reads regarding how the media in the United States focuses on feeding our worries. Worrying About the Right Things" is an essay that discusses how we should worry about the things that are essential to us. It is available online. To anybody who follows the news, it should come as no surprise that the news business handpicks stories that are both unusual and outstanding in their natural setting. The majority of news these days is concerned with being entertaining in order to maintain the public's short attention span and get the right number of views. Many times, these tales "colour" a problem that is statistically improbable to occur, but has occurred on a few occasions, in order to make it seem more believable to the audience. For example, fear mongering in the media may be seen while covering topics such as avian flu, weaponry, and violent video games, among others. According to many experts, the threat presented by avian flu was the most severe hazard facing the whole world at the time. While I was relieved to read that there were no deaths in the United States due to the avian flu, I was taken aback to realize that the common flu claimed the lives tens of thousands of people during the same time period. However, the media has been reporting on the epidemic of ...
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