To expand on what bikergeek said, I think that practically everybody is presently in the fear-mongering business.
Fear is one of the best and long-established methods of controlling [weak-minded] people. Just look at medieval Europe. Everybody was afraid of everything all of the time. Despite all our airs, Western Culture today has NOT come very far since then. Parents frighten their children to make them more manageable (just think of the sub-texts inherent in stories like the Grimm Brothers). [Many] religious leaders frighten their OWN people into submission (and open them to abuse by the church itself). Doctors frighten their patients and the people who fund them. Politicos frighten everybody, as does the government and media.
The more frightened people are, the less they are likely to be able to think for themselves, the easier it is to abuse them for your own profit.
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Fear is one of the best and long-established methods of controlling [weak-minded] people. Just look at medieval Europe. Everybody was afraid of everything all of the time. Despite all our airs, Western Culture today has NOT come very far since then. Parents frighten their children to make them more manageable (just think of the sub-texts inherent in stories like the Grimm Brothers). [Many] religious leaders frighten their OWN people into submission (and open them to abuse by the church itself). Doctors frighten their patients and the people who fund them. Politicos frighten everybody, as does the government and media.
The more frightened people are, the less they are likely to be able to think for themselves, the easier it is to abuse them for your own profit.