Bad news becomes hysteria in crowds. News stories about potential threats become more negative, inaccurate and hysterical when passed from person to person. Even drawing the public’s attention to balanced, neutral facts does not calm this hysteria

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Bad news becomes hysteria in crowds. News stories about potential threats become more negative, inaccurate and hysterical when passed from person to person. Even drawing the public’s attention to balanced, neutral facts does not calm this hysteria