NEW FROM ME: Ads hawking gold coins as a retirement investment are a constant on right-wing media. Customers, regulators have sued 14 such firms alleging a massive fraud.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/07/25/gold-ira-conservative-media/

How right-wing news powers the ‘gold IRA’ industry

Ads for gold coins have become a mainstay on Fox News, Newsmax and other conservative outlets, even as regulators have accused some companies of defrauding elderly clients.

The Washington Post
@jeremybmerrill This article makes me think that grifters and conspiracists are behind the gold coins that family members keep giving me at Christmas. But that can't be right.