The media is having a field day with news of the U.S. economy and should, BrainTrust Panelist Bob Phibbs thinks, be called out as terrorizing the citizens of this country. They took the first two-thirds of a basic advertising formula from Madison Avenue: "Find a consumer's weakness and then scratch it until it hurts." But they left off the most important part, "...and we have the solution." Do you agree with the premise that the media have contributed to the economy's downturn by "terrorizing" consumers?

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