Media

Alex Jones is making big money.

Washington Post profits plummet.

Reports that the Boston Marathon bombers planned to target New York next are greatly exaggerated.

"The Boston Globe, for example, ran an article about the man – identified only by his first name, Danny – whom the brothers carjacked three days after the attack. Danny claimed that the only word of the brothers’ conversation that he understood was “Manhattan,” and that the terrorists had asked him if his car could leave the state – say, to get to New York. The Globe’s one-source report proved nothing – and was unverifiable by other reporters or citizens – but it suggested much, leading to a spate of equally unverifiable reports that New York had been targeted."

It served the government's purpose of scaring people.