This.

America began the public fear-mongering campaign as Public Service Announcements, then developed them into afternoon shows for kids, then developed them into News Headlines, then developed them into Government Propaganda.

You’re right in identifying that “fear mongering” began its early usefulness in media with the “stop, drop and roll” psa’s…which piggybacked off “duck and cover”, which was a misnomer for “when you see the blast, don’t go to the window to see what’s happening, instead assume it’s a nuclear explosion and if you go to the window you’ll be eviscerated by glass, so duck and cover and maybe you won’t die…?”

Anywho…Fear-based media propaganda took hold, and has always exceeded it’s actual usefulness. nostr:note1a4785767dkugcp4m8lz7tjxm0x0a0va6529akphq8dvwgr6wsr0sz4g5l7