The media is the greatest source of anxiety for folks. Especially articles like this one asserting that there is an anxiety epidemic. Johan Norberg's book "Progress" clearly  shows that the world is becoming better place to live. But the media, and this article is the perfect example, loves to paint such a bleak picture, that media manufactured anxiety is the inevitable result. Spiro Agneau was right, the media are nattering nabobs of negativism. What is the solution? To quote the great Sidney Friedman "Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice, pulldown your pants and slide on the ice.