If they could be destroyed in days or weeks and the hungry fed, I would plead guilty to every charge of alarmism and shroud-waving. |
A theory I have is that the alarmism about television and children is a kind of anti-feminism. |
But I pointedly and publicly criticized my colleagues when they engaged in alarmism and selective reporting. |
In this case of alarmism, people are quite happy to ignore the doom-mongers because of the transparent utility of the technology. |
There are two attitudes to this question viz. either polite indifference or benign neglect, or alarmism. |
Although both options are valid, the media seem to choose alarmism over a deeper analysis and over the search for alternative solutions. |