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Michael Amato - Fear Culture

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    The caption on this news broadcast from December 2011 offers diners "A look at whether an electromagnetic pulse attack is a real threat to the US."
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    A news broadcast from October 2014 asks, "Ebola: The ISIS of biological agents?"
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    This February 2007 broadcast playing in a gas station warns of a "Country in Crisis."
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    This television broadcast from November 2015 reads, "Refugee risk: Fear flares that terrorists could be masked."
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    From the corner of a kitchen, an April 2016 broadcast reads, "Happening now, health officials: The more we learn about Zika virus, the scarier it is."
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    This July 2015 broadcast playing in a bar chronicles diseases it says may be coming in through the US-Mexico border.
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    An October 2013 broadcast reads, "Study: Sars-like virus found in bats could jump directly to humans."
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    A television at a falafel shop plays a June 2015 story: "Breaking news: Live Anthrax may have been shipped to Pentagon."
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    At a diner, an August 2014 broadcast announces, “Second American with Ebola arrives in Atlanta for treatment."
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    A December 2016 story proclaiming "Kim Jong-un's military practices South Korea attack" plays at a laundromat.
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