Newsmax Yanks Reporter After Batshit Vaccine Tweet

The Hill reports:

Newsmax, the far-right news network targeting supporters of former President Trump, has sidelined a reporter who earlier this week floated a baseless conspiracy theory about coronavirus vaccines.

On Monday, Emerald Robinson, a White House correspondent for the outlet, sent out a tweet that erroneously claimed that vaccines “contain a bioluminescent marker called LUCIFERASE so that you can be tracked.”

Newsmax issued a rare rebuke of one of its leading on-air talents. “Newsmax is currently reviewing the posts and during that period, Ms. Robinson will not be on air but continue with duties for the network,” the outlet said in a statement to The Hill on Thursday.

Read the full article. Twitter has suspended her account.