Sean Hannity sent a “sponsored message” to his email list which asked, “Did Democrats cover up the TRUE remedy for cancer?” Right-wing media figures have repeatedly sent sponsored emails claiming there’s a hidden cancer “cure” but it’s being covered up. 

Media Matters, which is signed up to Hannity’s mailing list, received a September 12 sponsored email from OmniVista Health with the subject line “Did These Dems Cover Up A TRUE Cancer Cure?” and the following text: 

Hannity’s email links to a video from Dr. Marc Micozzi, who claims that he witnessed the “existence of a medical miracle for the deadliest cancers. This life-saving discovery was then denied to the American people… And would have remained locked away forever – except for one thing… I kept the file.” Micozzi also claims to have cures for diabetes, dementia, and heart disease, among other illnesses. The pitch concludes by asking readers to sign-up for Micozzi’s paid newsletter, “Insiders’ Cures,” which costs from $37 to $74. 

Insiders’ Cures is published by OmniVista Health, which states that it “was launched to bring a fresh, but authoritative perspective to natural medicine.” The company is part of the Agora publishing empire. In December 2015, Mother Jones’ Tim Murphy wrote of Agora: 

The conservative movement has been heavily infected with scams. Similar cancer “cure” emails became an issue during the 2016 Republican presidential primary when then-candidate Mike Huckabee was criticized for sending out sponsored emails from a separate Agora-affiliated company.