In this week's edition of Your Money Decisions, Kate Stalter talks about how the financial media stokes fear by focusing on events that are unlikely to happen - but ignoring the real financial dangers that Americans face.
Kate is the personal-finance columnist for the Santa Fe New Mexican, and an investing columnist at U.S. News & World Report, Forbes, Morningstar and The Street.com.She also blogs and hosts a podcast at BetterMoneyDecisions.com.