Sowing confusion, feeding conspiracy theories

The fact that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis left his home near downtown Athens' Lycabettus Hill and went to Mount Parnitha for a bicycle ride at a time when everyone else is forbidden from leaving the proximity of their residence for exercise, was obviously a mistake. Laws in a democracy apply to everyone, and even more so to political leaders who should set the example.

However, the prime minister's mistake - which, unfortunately, his office never publicly acknowledged - has been elevated into a major political issue by the opposition. It was a front-page story - with a huge headline and photograph - in the left-wing Avgi newspaper, and has become leftist opposition chief Alexis Tsipras' weapon of choice in what is the toughest phase of the pandemic so far. Together, of course, with the "tsoureki incident" - the opposition has made a big deal of the fact that the prime...