Posts Tagged ‘Patriot Act’

Fear, Loathing and Laura Bush: Reflections on the Functions of Mass Panic

Published as a ZNet Commentary, March 7, 2003 Laura Bush wants everyone to just relax; and more to the point, she wants the media to aid in the process of nerve-calming by restraining themselves from what she sees as a growing tendency to scare the public with stories of impending cataclysm. From repetitive coverage of […]