CNN: Target USA
[CNN announcer]
FDR said it first: "The only thing we have to fear... IS FEAR ITSELF!!!!" Next on CNN: We'll give you four dozen things to be scared of! Stay tuned!
[cue scary music]
Jon Stewart on CNN's fearmongering.
Update: On a related note, read this first-hand account of being stuck at Heathrow airport during the security crackdown last week. (via BoingBoing)
I agree, it's amazing to see the changes that decisions fueled by fear have made in the world in the past 5 years. Perhaps some changes are good, some are certainly not. Same goes for necessity/overreaction. Gotta wonder about that 'slippery slope' though, and where things will be in 10 years.