Zero Hedge | Jul 20, 2018 | ~ A Timeline Of Media-Inflamed Fears (2000-2017) ~ | .. Modern media does not always have the best reputation for providing complex and nuanced commentary. The news cycle is sensational enough when we’re dealing with the regular issues of the day. But, as Visual Capitalist's Jeff Desjardins notes, add in some uncertainty and urgency – such as when the world is dealing with an outbreak like SARS, Mad Cow Disease, Ebola, or even Y2K – and each headline seems to get more provocative or speculative than the last. Today’s graphics come to us from Information is Beautiful, and they show the intensity of news mentions for different topics that stoked frenzies in the media from 2000-2017.. |
