whatever else you can say about hospitals, they shouldn't make their patients sicker. and whatever else you want to say about journalism shouldn't subtract from the nation's understanding and certainly shouldn't contribute to the manufactured synthetic hysteria that is a part of modern life and i think we may have done so with regard to this now tropical storm as it now seems to be. >> so we're seeing 30-foot waves out of the ocean, headed towards our shores, and that's manufactured hysteria? what kind of surfboard does george will have, anyway? hang ten, buddy. and even though some places like new york city were spared the worst of the storm, irene did plenty of damage. areas to the northeast are experiencing hundred-year floods. the state of vermont has been declared a federal disaster area. and irene killed at least 37 people, making it the fourth deadliest u.s. hurricane in the last 30 years. but george will thinks the media