[danielvaughn]

I think the author betrays their own political bias here, as journalism has become infused with over-the-top moral panics across the board. We've replaced single-issue moral panics with moral panics about nearly everything. We have a moral panic about racism, anti-racism, anti-anti-racism, transphobia, radical trans activists, the covid vaccine, the people who are skeptical of the covid vaccine, etc etc.

It's a bit parochial to talk about moral panic journalism and only hone in on one specific subset of it.