Anti-Vax Conspiracist Emerald Robinson is Reportedly Out at Newsmax: ‘The Decision Has Essentially Been Made’
Newsmax White House correspondent Emerald Robinson has been off the air since earlier this month after she posted a lunatic tweet claiming that the Covid-19 vaccines contained a bioluminescent demonic tracker. And now it seems likely she may never return, according to a report by the Daily Beast.
Robinson’s Nov. 1 tweet was far from her first time peddling conspiracy theories. Twitter suspended her for the tweet. Newsmax issued two separate statements rebuking her anti-vaccine comments and touting the network as a “strong proponent that Covid 19 vaccines are overarchingly safe and effective,” and confirmed that they were taking her off the air shortly thereafter.
On Nov. 9, Robinson decided for some inexplicable reason to double down on her Satanic tracker conspiracy mongering, and earned herself a permanent ban from Twitter.
Newsmax is inclined to follow in Twitter’s footsteps, reported the Daily Beast’s Justin Baragona and Diana Falzone.
“And now it appears Robinson‘s days as a Newsmax personality are numbered, multiple sources told The Daily Beast,” they wrote.
A Newsmax spokesperson had confirmed to the Beast that Robinson “remains off-air as Newsmax reviews matters relating to her posts made outside of the channel on her own social media,” and the network had “not determined when she will return to the air.”
However, multiple sources within Newsmax said that “the decision has essentially been made”:
One current staffer said that the consensus belief among network employees is that “she’s just going to be gone.” However, “nothing definitive” has been relayed to the newsroom. Another insider told The Daily Beast that Robinson is almost certainly done with Newsmax. (Sources said Robinson, who left OAN to join Newsmax only last year, may be an independent contractor and not a full-time employee—a not-so-unusual arrangement for Newsmax on-air personalities, as at least one other prominent correspondent and a weekday anchor are contractors.)
Two sources additionally confirmed that Newsmax is in negotiations with former Fox News chief DC correspondent James Rosen to serve in that same role for their network. Rosen, currently a political reporter for Sinclair Broadcasting Group, left Fox News at the end of 2017. Shortly after he ended his nearly two-decade career at Fox News, Rosen was accused of sexual harassment and misconduct by several female Fox News employees.
Read the report at The Daily Beast.
