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> The headline was indeed more inflammatory than the facts of the article. It seems like the media wants people to panic.

I wouldn't conflate a clickbait headline on a single article by a single website into a widespread conspiracy by "the media" to spread panic.

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It's not a conspiracy, but anyone that has worked in or with a newsroom will tell you that panic and fear sell newspapers (or clicks). Reporters get judged on article engagement and being humans, they optimize for the metric that they get judged on.

The incentives to write scary articles are clear. No secret cabal required.

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