The absence of news that used to be hot and heavy in news cycles heavily suggests propaganda

[MineralMan]

9. The media is fickle and isn't much interested in following up things

beyond a period of time.

Steganography is still around, I suppose, but nothing has apparently come of it.

Smallpox is still gone, and I don't think anyone is messing with it any more, if they ever were.

Anthrax is still a threat, and we still see "white powder" stories from time to time. I can't remember any of them that really involved anthrax. A friend of my ex-wife, though, died of anthrax. She was a weaver and spinner of wool, and got it from some imported wool she bought. Very tragic. 1970s.

Email Spam has actually decreased in its amount since they arrested and convicted the "Spam King," but it's moved on now to text messages on cell phones as its new target. There was just a story about that this week in the media.

I'm not sure about nuclear power plant control vulnerability. That may have been solved, but the real problems with nuclear power generation are still real and make the news when something happens. We're still hearing about Fukushima when there's news.

I think the media does a blitz on novel stories and that's all we hear about for a while. Then, there's nothing new to report, and they don't have the staff anymore to do serious followup. I think that's what's happening, really. Frustrating. But, there's still the internet, if you can break out the wheat from the chaff.