Jackbootstrapping
When news outlets use a commentator who talks like they’re on fire to start a segment about something that barely happened. It’s like when Hannity screams about a ‘fascist nightmare’ because a kid said ‘no’ to extra cheese on pizza.
A news segment explodes because Beck thinks the country is going to war because a mayor said ‘hello’ to a dog.
A commentator yells about ‘the collapse of civilization’ because a teacher got distracted by a squirrel.
A news channel starts a segment with a commentator screaming about ‘the downfall of America’ because a kid missed a question on a test.