The rise of the Islamic State captured media attention in 2014, leading to a steady rise in television news mentions of "existential threats."
The timeline below shows the airtime on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News that mentioned "("existential threat" OR "existential threats")" from July 2009 to present by month. A closer look at the increase in late 2014 and early 2015 shows that much of the early discussion of the term centered on the Islamic State.
The timeline below shows the same graph, but aggregated to the annual level to make the steady post-2014 increase across all three stations more readily apparent.
