Word: alarmism
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When national security is at stake, American newspapers and networks take it upon themselves to tread more carefully on controversial issues - a right, rather than a requirement, of democracy. But while few would argue with our right to censor ourselves, our First Amendment alarm bells might start jangling if the government actually tried to set parameters for news coverage. Thus the curious questions raised when the U.S. government, in the interests of national security, is perceived to be reaching across borders and to rein in media coverage in foreign countries...
...said he hopes all the talk about anthrax does not alarm people...
Both announcements came in response to the fire alarm pulled at 1:24 a.m. Sunday on the third floor of Quincy—the second confirmed false alarm this month, according to fire department records. The first false alarm was pulled at 2:46 a.m. on Sept. 9, during a party on the sixth floor...
Quincy House Committee Member Mark E. Lee ’01-’02 said that the fire alarm did not surprise him because of the large parties that were being held on both the third and sixth floor on Saturday night...
Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 has asked parents’ cooperation in “restraining your own alarm, and not unnecessarily increasing the alarm of your children” in a Tuesday letter to students’ parents about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the safety measures the University has taken in recent weeks