As Newsmax continues to become more and more like Faux News, they are already close to dumping one of the few decent reporters there in Emerald Robinson. Not only are they about to get rid of Robinson, but they are also reportedly going to replace her with yet another Faux News retread, James Rosen.
And now it appears Robinson’s days as a Newsmax personality are numbered, multiple sources told The Daily Beast. Newsmax may already be lining up a far more seasoned reporter to take over—former Fox News chief D.C. correspondent James Rosen, currently a political reporter for local TV giant Sinclair Broadcasting Group.
Furthermore, over the past month Newsmax has hired two longtime Fox News “straight news” executive producers to be the fledgling network’s news director and vice president of talent. This seeming effort to replicate the Fox News model suggests Newsmax is trying to expand its threadbare newsroom and lend it some credibility—in spite of recent embarrassments.
As one Newsmax staffer told The Daily Beast earlier this month: “If we are going to be viewed as a news organization, we have to act like one.”