Plenty of media outlets across the country are implementing coronavirus vaccine requirements, and Newsmax is the latest to be installing such conditions for their employees.
According to Mediaite, Newsmax has informed their employees that they must be fully vaccinated by Jan. 4 or subject themselves to weekly testing. The company is complying with Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) rules, resulting in these mandates.
“To ensure that we are in compliance, we require that all vaccinated employees submit a copy of their vaccination card,” the email said, per Mediaite.
Likely, this news won’t be received well by the Newsmax employees. The media outlet had their White House correspondent Emerald Robinson suspended from Twitter due to a tweet stating that vaccines “contain a bioluminescent marker called LUCIFERASE so that you can be tracked.”
Furthermore, Newsmax has pulled Robinson off the air as they review her suspension from the social media platform. She isn’t alone, as colleague Steve Cortes railed against mandates.
“There is zero, and I mean zero, moral or ethical obligation for anyone to be compelled to get vaccinated,” Cortes said.
Eduardo Razo is the Assistant Content Editor for BNM, which includes writing daily news stories on the news media industry. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at eddie1991razo@gmail.com.
