no idea. it s a nice setting. it looks official. they re all wearing white coats. the same white coat with a logo on them. it s from something called america s front line doctors. it would later emerge the group was convened by conservative activists who wanted to make it seem like then president trump wasn t exactly against doctors. against medicine and against science and continuing bizarre and false statements about covid and how it was going away on its own like magic. conservative activist groups wanted to make it seem like president trump wasn t siding against doctors but different doctors as represented by these folks standing on the steps of the supreme court. and with the permit from a tea party group set by an activist group, this group gave their press conference. they announced covid is no big
other people on reddit have taken a more constructive or maybe destructive approach, trying to unwire reddit so that the groups on reddit that have been promoting this stuff have to confront reality a bit. the thing to remember is the majority of people are not like this, they re not looking around for horse medicine. that s true for every online community. reddit had become overcome by other communities telling people to take ivermectin. regular people on reddit have stood up, they ve said to executives saying, you have to stop this. executives said, guess what, we re not going to do anything, this is all did discourse, discussion, that old trope you hear from lots of silicon valley executives. so instead, these users banded together and have taken over the ivermectin sub-reddit that used to be people talking about putting it on crackers so it tastes less bad. so there is a little bit of a
very official. they are all wearing white coats, the same white coat in fact with a local logo on them. it is from something called america s frontline doctors. it would later emerge that this group was convened by conservative activists who wanted to make it seem like then president trump wasn t against doctors exactly, and against medicine in science, in his continuing bizarre statements about covid. and how it was going to go away on its own like magic. conservative groups wanted to make it seem like president trump was siding with doctors, just different doctors. as represented by these folks, inexplicably standing on the steps of the supreme court. and with a permit from the tea party group, set up by a conservative activist group in support of president trump, this group, americas frontline doctors, gave a press conference where they announced that covid was no big deal. you definitely don t need to
medicine service with hundreds of physicians trained by america s front line doctors. it s something called encore tele medicine. since 2015, it appears to have been run out of a home near a golf club in suburban georgia. the orders made go to pharmacy in florida whose address listed online appears to be a white structure near a strip mall. they were supposed to mail the medicine or call it into a local pharmacy. the cost of the medicine is applied on top of the consultation fee. it varies widely from $70 from the medicine to $700, according to customer comments from america s front line doctor s customers. it s not clear how much they get from each patient referral, the service is marketed on the doctor s group website for $90. but if you go direct for tele medicine consultation, the consultation is charged to just
of people are not like this. they are not looking around for horse medicine. and that is true for every online community whether it s facebook or whatever. reddit had been overrun with people trying to brigade other communities, regular people have stood up, saying two executives that this is enough. we have to stop this. executives responded in kind and said, guess what, we are not going to do anything. this is all about discourse and discussion. that old trope that you hear from silicon valley executives. so these users banded together and have taken over the ivermectin subreddit, that used to be people talking about putting it on crackers, so it would taste less bad. so there is a bit of a triumph here and maybe a playbook for the future as. well ben collins, senior reporter at nbc news, covering disinformation and the internet. thank you for helping us understand this. you finally made it make sense to me. thank you, thanks a lot. all right, we ll be right back, stay with us.