Right-wing news network Newsmax distanced itself from one of its top reporters [November 4] after she tweeted a bizarre false claim about the COVID-19 vaccine, saying it contains a bioluminescent marker that enables tracking.
The network’s White House correspondent Emerald Robinson tweeted: “Dear Christians: The vaccines contain a bioluminescent marker called LUCIFERASE so that you can be tracked. Read the last book of the New Testament to see how this ends.”
She was retweeting someone claiming that the Moderna COVID vaccine contains the substance.
Robinson was briefly suspended from Twitter for the violation, Newsweek reported.
Newsmax did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment. However, in a statement cited by The Hill, CEO Elliot Jacobson said the network is “a strong proponent that COVID-19 vaccines are overarchingly safe and effective.”
Newsmax has seen “no evidence” that any bioluminescent substances are present in COVID-19 vaccines, the statement continued.
“Such false claims have never been reported on Newsmax,” a spokesperson for Newsmax later told The Hill.
