Does the media play into our fears?

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Ok ill explain my thought process. What will make people believe this is not the content of it, but the fact that a group of scientists said it, and the media relaying that message. You heard on the news, which is a credible source, about professionals in the fields about late breaking research. The point is that if you hear something on the news, its already gone through the he/she says, the broken telephone syndrome. Yet we believe it. There are exceptions that people will actually think about it, but the majority will not. Can someone tell me why? Just spew out your crack pot theories :thumb: