Happy New Year to you, my friend!

Fear "sells," and that has been a staple in journalism since the phrase "if it BLEEDS, it LEADS" was coined sometime in the early 1900s... or maybe longer. But yeah, the true exploitation of fear for profit has really ramped up since the 1980s. Let's spread the fear that lemons will eat your liver, and then we'll sell you the remedy for that!

I mostly choose to point it out, and then laugh at it...