The Covid crisis suits rightwing media personalities as they monetise fear | Jeff Sparrow

Their success depends not on providing solutions but on ginning up, by any means necessary, the conservative base

The pandemic has upended all our lives, leaving many of us frightened and confused. But if the weekend's angry anti-lockdown protests reflected genuine pain in the community, they also showed how, in a complicated international emergency, rightwing grifters have seized an opportunity.

If you look for Covid truth on Telegram and Gab, you'll uncover the online equivalent of a crowded outdoor market, dominated by shouting stall holders.