NBC News: FBI responds to Mark Zuckerberg claims in Joe Rogan show . “The day after Mark Zuckerberg said that Facebook limited a polarizing story ahead of the 2020 election because of an FBI warning, the federal agency said it can only alert a private entity of a potential threat, not require it to take action.”
Tag Archives: Joe Rogan
Washington Post: I’m disgusted by Joe Rogan’s weak apology. My former colleague’s death at 47 makes it worse.
Washington Post: I’m disgusted by Joe Rogan’s weak apology. My former colleague’s death at 47 makes it worse.. “To my ears, Rogan sounded glib, narcissistic and clueless. And Spotify — the platform that enables him by insisting it would be wrong to restrain what he does on his podcast — is even worse. Its failure to take any meaningful responsibility, other than adding a few disclaimers, is all too reminiscent of the way Facebook, for years, has dodged accountability for spreading so many harmful lies. Rogan’s non-apology made me furious. Probably because I’ve been spending a lot of time this week thinking about Miguel Rodriguez, a former colleague of mine, who died of covid last week.”
BBC: India Arie and Graham Nash pull music from Spotify in Joe Rogan row
BBC: India Arie and Graham Nash pull music from Spotify in Joe Rogan row. “Soul musician India Arie and British singer-songwriter Graham Nash have become the latest artists to ask Spotify to remove their music. They follow Joni Mitchell and Neil Young, who are boycotting the streaming service over Covid misinformation discussed by podcast host Joe Rogan.”
BBC: Joe Rogan pledges to try harder after Neil Young Spotify row
BBC: Joe Rogan pledges to try harder after Neil Young Spotify row. “Joe Rogan has pledged to try harder to offer more balanced views on his podcast, after he was criticised by Neil Young and Joni Mitchell for helping to spread Covid misinformation. The Canadian musicians asked to have their music pulled from the streaming platform as a result. Spotify has since said it is working to add advisory warnings to any podcast discussing Covid-19.”
The Verge: Here is the Spotify COVID content policy that lets Joe Rogan slide
The Verge: Here is the Spotify COVID content policy that lets Joe Rogan slide. “Spotify employees are vocally upset inside the company over the streaming platform’s deal with Joe Rogan due to his views on COVID vaccines, but their executive leadership has mostly stayed quiet both inside and outside the firm. Today, however, Dustee Jenkins, Spotify’s head of global communications and public relations, posted a message to the company Slack addressing employee concerns about Joe Rogan’s presence on the platform after Neil Young removed his music in protest.”
BBC: Joni Mitchell wants songs off Spotify in Covid row
BBC: Joni Mitchell wants songs off Spotify in Covid row. “In her message on Friday, Mitchell, whose hits include Big Yellow Taxi, said she stands in solidarity with the Canadian-American singer, Neil Young, and with the ‘global scientific and medical communities’. Neil Young and Joni Mitchell have been friends for many years, and are both survivors of polio. They both contracted the disease in the early 1950s, not long before a vaccine became available.”
Rolling Stone: Neil Young Pulls Music from Spotify, Blasts It as the ‘Home of Life-Threatening’ Covid Lies
Rolling Stone: Neil Young Pulls Music from Spotify, Blasts It as the ‘Home of Life-Threatening’ Covid Lies. “Following Neil Young’s demands that his music be removed from Spotify in protest of dissemination of Covid-19 misinformation on Joe Rogan’s podcast, the streamer will take down his music, Young wrote in a letter on his website on Wednesday. Spotify also confirmed the news in their own statement.”
AFP: Neil Young demands Spotify remove his music over Joe Rogan ‘disinformation’
AFP: Neil Young demands Spotify remove his music over Joe Rogan ‘disinformation’. ” Neil Young demanded in an open letter to Spotify to remove his music from the platform he said is spreading vaccine disinformation via the popular podcaster Joe Rogan. ‘I am doing this because Spotify is spreading fake information about vaccines — potentially causing death to those who believe the disinformation being spread by them,’ wrote the legendary singer behind ‘Heart of Gold’ and ‘Harvest Moon.'”
Tech Policy Press: Scientists, Doctors Call on Spotify to Implement Misinformation Policy Over Claims on Joe Rogan Show
Tech Policy Press: Scientists, Doctors Call on Spotify to Implement Misinformation Policy Over Claims on Joe Rogan Show. “More than 260 doctors, nurses, scientists, health professionals and others have signed an open letter calling on the streaming media platform Spotify to ‘implement a misinformation policy’ in the wake of controversy over podcaster Joe Rogan’s promotion of an anti-vaccine rally with discredited scientist Robert Malone in an episode published on December 31st.”
HuffPost: Joe Rogan Ripped For Conspiratorial Hot Take On Joe Biden’s COVID-19 Booster
HuffPost: Joe Rogan Ripped For Conspiratorial Hot Take On Joe Biden’s COVID-19 Booster. “Joe Rogan is facing backlash after he baselessly suggested President Joe Biden faked receiving the COVID-19 booster shot on live TV.”
Daily Beast: Howard Stern Mocks Joe Rogan for Taking ‘Horse Dewormer’
Daily Beast: Howard Stern Mocks Joe Rogan for Taking ‘Horse Dewormer’. “Howard Stern has had it with the millions of Americans who would rather take medicine designed for deworming horses than accept that we already have a ‘cure’ for COVID-19 in the form of a safe and effective vaccine. And that includes broadcasting disciple, podcast megastar Joe Rogan.”
CNN: Joe Rogan reports he has tested positive for COVID-19
CNN: Joe Rogan reports he has tested positive for COVID-19. “Joe Rogan, one of the world’s highest paid and most influential podcast hosts, announced Wednesday he has tested positive for Covid-19 and said he’d embarked on a fringe treatment regime.”
Podcast host Joe Rogan clarifies vaccination comments: ‘I’m not anti-vax’ (BBC)
BBC: Podcast host Joe Rogan clarifies vaccination comments: ‘I’m not anti-vax’. “Hugely popular US podcast host Joe Rogan has backpedalled on his comments that young, healthy people could forgo the coronavirus vaccine.”
Joe Rogan and COVID disinformation: What he said and why he’s wrong (CNET)
CNET: Joe Rogan and COVID disinformation: What he said and why he’s wrong. “Rogan has questioned the use of masks, promoted the use of hydroxychloroquine as a COVID remedy on his show. He’s also regularly brought on guests to discuss the use of Vitamin D in helping ease COVID-19 symptoms. Joe Rogan has also come under fire in the past for lending his massive platform to controversial voices like Alex Jones.”
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Tells Joe Rogan: Trump Is No Worse Than Obama (Daily Beast)
This headline is very clickbait-y, and I don’t like supporting that, but I recommend this article as it, to me, shows Jack Dorsey epitomizing the inconsistency and opacity of Twitter’s terms of service and how it enforces its rules. Daily Beast: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Tells Joe Rogan: Trump Is No Worse Than Obama. “Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who has been under fire for failing to police hate speech, harassment, and outright racism on his platform, told podcast host Joe Rogan that ‘everyone has a right’ to social media and that Donald Trump’s use of Twitter wasn’t much different from how previous presidents have used media, comparing him to Barack Obama as president.”