America Succumbs to Fear and Anxiety over Terror
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2015
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Violent incidents from the Middle East to Middle America have created widespread fear of what might happen next — generating an atmosphere ripe for political exploitation. We look for a reality check.
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| 0:00.0 | Join left-right and center host Bob Shear for his new podcast, Shear Intelligence. |
| 0:06.4 | The twice-monthly podcast features thinkers and trendsetters in conversation with one of political journalism's leading voices. |
| 0:14.0 | Through the show's unique and sometimes surprising perspectives, you'll get up to speed on the current issues, shaping the Beltway and the world. Find sheer |
| 0:23.8 | intelligence on KCRW's iTunes page. From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, |
| 0:32.9 | this is To the Point. Terrorism and America's culture of fear. |
| 0:42.3 | Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International. |
| 0:46.3 | The daily look at the issues Americans get about most. |
| 0:48.8 | Public opinion polls show that nonstop news coverage of violence in the U.S. and around the world |
| 0:53.4 | has created a high |
| 0:54.2 | rate of fear among Americans. President Obama has acknowledged it, and alarmist warnings of terrorism |
| 0:59.8 | to come are a staple of Republican presidential campaigns. But an American is more likely to |
| 1:05.3 | die from a fall in the bathtub than a terrorist bullet or bomb, and that's raised the specter |
| 1:10.6 | of overreaction. |
| 1:11.7 | We'll look at the consequences of ignoring former President Franklin Roosevelt, who famously |
| 1:16.2 | said, the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. |
| 1:20.9 | Today's talking point, Clinton, Sanders, and O'Malley are ready to take the stage. |
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| 1:54.5 | International Program Fund. Hello again, Warmin Alney, back with To the Poet. Violent incidents |
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