president trump hits the fear button again and again and again and in his most recent rally for example he threatened about the false specter of illegal voting, said drugs are pouring into the country, referred to democrats as the america hating left who are trying to destroy your way of life. that's typical rhetoric from the president. so should the press be doing something to combat those techniques? one of my favorite authors, barry glassner, is out with his best selling book, "the culture of fear." this is a really influential book for me about the media's role in perpetuating fears that don't really add up. he's been updating the book and his latest update involves trump. his theory is while americans feel more fearful, it's really just perception. crime levels for example have been going down for many years. i was asking gles nassne glassns and he told me the president is the fear monger in chief.