Sara Planz asked Noah Hawley:

One of the biggest themes I felt in "Before the Fall" was the emphasis on the power that the media has in sensationalizing a story - the way they control the narrative of the news. What drew you to include this theme in the story?

Noah Hawley I wanted to look at empathy and fear, which are waring emotions — the care we have for each other versus our suspicion. Both can be fed by stories. So what happens when an event that naturally triggers empathy — a plane crash, a man saves a child — is corrupted and turned into a story about fear?

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