We need to keep our eyes open and not let ourselves be deceived by the professional, state-run media spin masters.

Alarmists in recent decades have wrongly predicted overpopulation, famine, water rationing, peak oil, killer bees, global cooling, and global warming.

When the sky is falling, who cares about oversight and responsibility? We should beware when our leaders urge us that some action must be taken 'immediately.'

Mainstream media has perfected the technique of keeping people in perpetual fear, with the objective of scaring gullible viewers into conforming to their will.