The report chronicles persistent, aggressive political interference by the Kremlin: social-media warfare aimed at inflaming fear and prejudice, and "opaque financial support" given to favored politicians in the form of bank loans, gifts, and other kinds of support.
Before the war, this ardent secessionist inflamed fears of abolition, which he predicted would inevitably lead to black governors, juries, legislatures and more.
The mere suggestion of partition, with an accompanying swap of land, has inflamed fears that ethnic tensions would be reignited in a region where a series of wars killed more than 100,000 people and displaced millions in the 1990s.
But several events, including the conviction on perjury charges of Alger Hiss, a former State Department official, and the arrests of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg on charges of conspiracy to commit espionage, helped McCarthy inflame fears during the "Red Scare".
He called on his longstanding friend, Venezuela's Hugo Chávez, and joined him at the inauguration of Daniel Ortega for a constitutionally dubious third presidential term in Nicaragua, before flying on to Cuba and Ecuador.It was Mr Ahmadinejad's fifth trip to the region since 2005, and has inflamed fears in the United States that Iran may be building a terrorist network on its doorstep.
"Would he agree that actually immigrants can make a very positive contribution to our economy, and to our culture, and we need to take a balanced, evidence-based approach to this whole debate, and not use language that will inflame fears amongst minority ethnic communities in this country?" he asked Mr Field.
In other areas, Asian Americans are still being used to inflame fears and perpetuate stereotypes.
Vile leave posters linking Europe with the Orlando attack are designed to inflame fear and anger.
Journalists have to cover this story, but at times parts of the media have inflamed fear and mistrust.
