Today’s carnival hucksters are right-wing TV, radio hosts spreading fear and misinformation Sometimes listening to the right-wing commentators can sound like a visit to the State Fair.
Each one trying to gather a crowd at a game, with a promise of something seemingly impossible: “Lookie, lookie, lookie! The miracle cure, hydroxychloroquine!” “Hey there folks!
Have you heard of the magical tonic called Ivermectin?” “Here’s your winner! Just inhale this mist of hydrogen peroxide, and it will fix you right up!” Seems like every month, another quack “cure” for COVID-19 makes its way through the talk radio/fake news midway, attracting crowds of the easily conned.