scaremongering
Doom-mongering about the state of the younger generation is a tradition that goes back centuries.
Amid the doom-mongering, there were a few voices suggesting that the credit crunch would have some positive effects.
People are so bored of doom mongering by the media.
I've heard this type of doommongering before and I don't pay it any attention.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Frightening and scaring
chill someone to the bone/marrowidiom
cow
cow someone into something/doing something
creep
curdle
daylight
ghoulish
ghoulishly
heart-stopping
heebie-jeebies
jump scare
make someone's blood curdleidiom
scare
scare someone into doing something
scare someone shitlessidiom
scare/frighten the life out of someoneidiom
scaremongering
send
shiver
witless