Antivax newspaper claims to print 150,000 copies a month
Conspiracies about the “great replacement theory”, “15-minute cities” and central bank digital currencies are gaining traction as a fringe newspaper attempts to capitalise on the post-pandemic opportunity.
About one person in 20 is estimated to have read a copy of The Light, which was launched during lockdown and has published articles including “Climate CO2 hoax — how bankers hijacked the real environment movement” and “Control over money will end in total slavery”.
The Manchester-based newspaper has promoted controversial authors including Mark Collett, the leader of Patriotic Alternative, a far-right activist group, Eustace Mullins, a white supremacist, and Lasha Darkmoon, a blogger.
Research conducted by King’s College London has found that 14 per cent of the population has heard of The Light, with the
