Fear of people that look like me from Fox and the fascist (Republican) party, spend every hour pushing fear to convince people that they and only they the fascists can take care of the problem. A recent example is the end of of Title 42. What actually happened was very different than what the fear mongers pushed.
I was prepared like all good Americans for the invasion, with extra clips for AK-15. All the windows were boarded and had enough food and water to hold out for months. I waited and waited and waited for the invasion that never came (Nah) because I did not buy into the fear that Fox and other media pushed.
Fear and Hurricane Rita. The news media managed to scare millions of people resulting in the deaths of hundreds of people.
The news media uses fear to help attract audiences. Below are two videos one on the scaring people of immigrants from south of the border and the other about the weather, Hurricane Rita.