Moore replied “thank you” to Samantha and said, “I’m looking forward to world health officials weighing in on scientist/professor Tritto’s work. It is an Italian website with the purpose of promoting Christianity in China. “When I checked the bias of that website it is known to publish MIXED facts (half lies, half truths) and is rated as very right wing. “Hi Joe, I was only able to find the one article on in English regarding Joseph Tritto’s book,” commented Samantha Preis. “We support you! Keep up the good work!”īut others took issue with the report’s authenticity. “Joe, thank you so much for being one of the LAST few true journalists who are trying to share the truth with the public rather than hide it or lie about it!” commented Megan Pearl. And in the comments section to the post, many fans expressed gratitude. But Moore stood by his report on his Facebook page. My inquiries to KHON were not responded to. It is up to all of us, the consumers, to thoroughly evaluate the credibility and quality of a piece of information before we click ‘share.’” Steve Ferguson, another Honolulu resident who saw the program, told me, “Regarding credibility of information, our trusted community newscasters should hold - and be held to - the highest of standards.”įerguson said that the spread of misinformation like what he heard from Moore “is a plague more contagious than any coronavirus. I have a hard enough time with all the lies on Fox News, and now Joe is duplicating it here. “It was so off the wall that it shocked the hell out of me. “I’ve been watching Joe pretty much my whole life, and then he comes out with this asinine statement,” said Derrick Hyun of Honolulu. Some viewers were seriously put off with what they heard about the coronavirus. It’s especially odd that it came during the “Did you know?” segment usually reserved for amusing and novel factoids, like the one he delivered the very next night (according to his website): “Did you know … if you cross a sheep with a goat, what you get is … a geep. Why Moore decided to air the report about the COVID-19 book is a head-scratcher. These comments come from an earlier post by Moore regarding a study on the coronavirus. Screen shots from Joe Moore’s Facebook page on Aug. Maybe the conspiracy will turn out to actually be factual, even though the reporting from many legitimate news organizations says it’s baseless.īut for now it appears designed to deflect blame away from the Trump administration for its mishandling of a crisis that has infected 5.3 million Americans and killed 170,000. financial and scientific help “as a way to develop vaccines, but gradually turned into bioengineering studies to build lethal biological weapons.” Just before the screen cut away to the Queen’s ad, Moore said the book’s research involved French and U.S. Moore said the new book “demonstrates with scientific evidence that the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19 was the result of laboratory engineering in the Wuhan Level 4 Biosafety Lab and is not a naturally-occurring virus.” With little substantiation, it sounded right out of the playbook of President Trump and his allies who have for months now pushed a conspiracy theory that China created the deadly virus that has thus far infected 21 million people and killed three-quarters of a million worldwide. The real surprise, however, was the report itself. “The producer and I failed to allow enough time for a longer than usual comment on a controversial new book on the coronavirus released in Italy yesterday,” Moore said. Rather, the local Fox affiliate station’s automatic timer kicked in. The next night at the same time, Moore told viewers that he was not censored. 4 must have come as a surprise.Īs Moore, arguably Hawaii’s most well-known media personality, was speaking about a new book on COVID-19 “certain to spark global debate,” the screen suddenly cut away to a commercial for The Queen’s Health Systems. For regular watchers of Joe Moore on KHON2, the conclusion of the 6 p.m.

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