Fri Dec 17, 2021 – 5:48 pm EST
NEW YORK CITY (LifeSiteNews) – Conservative media outlet Newsmax further intensified tensions between itself and many in its own target audience by hosting a holiday reception in New York City that complied with local COVID-19 vaccine mandates for attendance.
The Daily Beast reported that on the evening of December 8, Newsmax hosted the gathering in the Oak Room in New York City’s Plaza Hotel. According to an internal Newsmax memo, guests would “need to show a vaccination card, or photo image of one” on their phones in order to attend.
“Newsmax has had several holiday parties at different locations and the company has no requirement for vaccination to attend any of these,” the outlet confirmed in a statement. “New York City, however, mandated a vaccination card for entry to restaurants and public venues. Newsmax has no company mandate for vaccinations, though we encourage our staff to get vaccinated.”
The policy resulted in unvaccinated Newsmax anchor Grant Stinchfield being unable to attend, opting instead to film himself walking the streets of the mandate-dominated city/a>, although he latter insisted that the blame rested with Democrat Mayor Bill de Blasio, not
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