Americans are now more fearful of a terror attack than they were in the days that followed 9/11, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll released Thursday.
Of Americans surveyed, 79 percent said a terrorist attack was “very or somewhat likely” in the next few months. Of the Americans surveyed in the days after 9/11, 78 percent responded that a terrorist attack was “very or somewhat likely.”
Even more Americans said they thought terrorism was the number one issue facing the country this month (19 percent) compared to last (4 percent).
The poll was conducted by phone from Dec. 4 to Dec. 8 among 1,275 adults. The margin of error is plus or minus three percentage points.
Behold–the power of propaganda.
Good thing Americans don’t know how many people die everyday from gun violence. There’d be a run on adult diapers.
I tell people the numbers and they flat out don’t believe me.
This just proves that America is EXCEPTIONAL! We are exceptionally paranoid. We are exceptional at buying into fear mongers. We are exceptionally bigoted. The next time you hear a politician tell us how ‘exceptional’ we are as a nation…these are the qualities in which we are exceptional. And of course, the conservatives, especially the evangelicals are the most exceptional in these attributes. That is why Trump and Cruz lead the GOP race…they are exceptional in promoting fear.
Couple of points:
Yes, with 24/7 hype from the MSM and RWNJ (including NJs like Faux) is anyone surprised.
Where does the survey result say “fear”… I do not, for one, fear an attack, I however, do expect another attack and would not be surprised that it would happen before the new year. Big difference between the words fear and expect.