Joe Rogan: "I'm Not Tying to Promote Misinformation"
Joe Rogan on Neil Young Spotify Controversy: ‘I’m Not Trying to Promote Misinformation’ https://t.co/UqAQ05L9jh
- Variety (@Variety) January 31, 2022
- Misinformation spreader, Joe Rogan, posted a nearly 10 minute long video on Instagram, stating: "I think there’s a lot of people that have a distorted perception of what I do, maybe based on sound bites or based on headlines of articles that are disparaging.” Defending his choice of Dr. Robert Malone and Dr. Peter McCullough, both vaccine sceptics, on the podcast, Rogan described them as “very highly credentialed, very intelligent, very accomplished people and they have an opinion that’s different from the mainstream narrative.”
- “I wanted to hear what their opinion is, I had them on and because of that, those episodes in particular were labeled as being dangerous - they had dangerous misinformation,” Rogan said. Rogan added that he had a problem with the term “misinformation” because what was considered misinformation a few months ago is now accepted as fact, citing the examples of "the inefficacy of cloth masks", and "being infected with COVID-19 after vaccination".
- The controversy began when more than 260 doctors, nurses, scientists, health professionals and academics, in an open letter on 10th January to Spotify, called on the streaming audio platform to “implement a misinformation policy” specifically citing “The Joe Rogan Experience” and its “concerning history of broadcasting misinformation, particularly regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.” The letter highlighted Rogan’s Dec. 31 episode in which his guest was a discredited scientist Robert Malone, who promoted an upcoming antivaccine rally.
- Spotify has now said that they would apply labels on podcasts about COVID-19.
- “I don’t know what else I can do differently other than maybe try harder to get people with differing opinions on right afterwards,” Rogan said [or maybe you could get credited health officials/scientists to discuss these devastatng worldwide health issues?????????]. “I do think that’s important and and do my best to make sure that I’ve researched these topics - the controversial ones in particular - and have all the pertinent facts at hand before I discuss them. Again, I’m not trying to promote misinformation. I’m not trying to be controversial. I’ve never tried to do anything with this podcast other than just talk to people and have interesting conversations.”
- Rogan said that in future he would “try to balance things out” and thanked Spotify.
this POS needs to be taken off of Spotify, he knows what he's doing, but spotify won't bc $$$$ and young artists won't support neil young or joni bc streams & $$$$$$ are more important