Moral panic

Moral panic is an age-old tactic used by the religious right.

"A moral panic is a mass movement based on the false or exaggerated perception that some individual or group, frequently a minority group or a subculture, is dangerously deviant and poses a menace to society". -Wikipedia: Moral Panic

External links

• Hurricane Katrina coverage as a moral panic: Position: Katrina media coverage was racist