I wrote about how the ivermectin debacle fits neatly into right-wing media culture of conning its viewers. mediamatters.org/fox-news/iverm…
As NBC News reported, a telemedicine website linked to a right-wing doc group is making bank by charging dupes for consultations and then prescribing them ivermectin for COVID treatment.
This scam relies on three things: High demand stoked by right-wing and contrarian personalities and social media, low supply bc credible docs won't prescribe drugs that don't work, and the drugs being safe enough not to hurt the dupes if taken at correct human dosages.
Wealthy right-wing propagandists like Carlson, Hannity, and Ingraham play an essential role by hyping the drug in this scheme, even if there’s no reason to think they directly profit from it. If they were to reveal the con to their viewers, it would likely collapse.
Right-wing media companies are built on this type of con culture. They ideological, often paranoid, political coverage to build audiences, convince them that contradictory sources can’t be trusted, and then they bilk those marks for all they are worth.
They sell their audience out to snake oil salesmen peddling Alzheimer's cures and financial conmen promising riches. They hock brain pills and survival food. Their advertisers tell you that gold will save you from the financial crash and that reverse mortgages are a great idea.
All of these shady sales pitches boil down to a simple narrative: The experts and the mainstream press are conning you. That's a potent argument that builds on years of right-wing media propaganda. 
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