Joe Rogan
Editor’s Pick: Daily Wire on Jon Stewart Defending Joe Rogan
On Thursday, The Daily Wire’s Virginia Kruta reported: “Comedian Jon Stewart voiced his support for podcaster Joe Rogan during the latest episode of his own podcast, ‘The Problem With Jon Stewart.’” She pointed out how “Stewart explained that, in his mind, Rogan was not an ideologue — and that meant that instead of clinging to a position regardless of any new information, he was willing to…
Censorious NYT Hopes for Perpetual Left-Wing Outrage at Rogan, Spotify
New York Times tech reporter-columnist Kevin Roose took on the controversy between hugely popular podcaster-interviewer Joe Rogan and the music-media streaming provider Spotify over supposed misinformation Rogan spread about Covid vaccines in an interview with a controversial doctor. The story dominated the front of Tuesday’s Business section: “Staying Power Of an Uproar.” It wasn’t…
CensorTrack with TR: When Big Tech Censors Them, You’re Censored, Too
It’s Episode Twenty-Three of MRC’s newest video series, CensorTrack with TR. This week we talked about how when Big Tech censors the speech of prominent figures, they’re censoring you, too.
Jen Psaki on Spotify: ‘More That Can Be Done’ to Censor Joe Rogan
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki called on music and podcast streaming platform Spotify to tighten its grip on speech to stop so-called “misinformation.” It’s a culture-war tactic often used by the left: Accept some subservience by others to its agenda, but say that’s only a start.
Rolling Stone RAILS Against Rogan, Peterson for Climate Discussion
The left-wing orthodoxy has spoken: Podcast host Joe Rogan must be banished from society. Rolling Stone slammed Rogan and clinical psychologist and University of Toronto professor emeritus Dr. Jordan Peterson in a self-righteous article. Rogan and Peterson’s crime? Having the nerve to discuss climate change and race.
NewsBusters Podcast: Media Demonize Spotify, Glorify SCOTUS Pick
The pro-Biden media claim to be for “free speech” while they play up left-wing protests demonizing Spotify for airing Joe Rogan’s podcast. CNN is claiming that there’s too much division and conflict in society – just as Biden nominates a black woman for the Supreme Court...apparently everyone should sing Kumbaya and vote Yes.
DOGPILE! Left Demands Spotify Deplatform Joe Rogan for Alleged Misinfo
Leftists called on Spotify to ban popular podcast host Joe Rogan over alleged COVID-19 “misinformation.” Rogan has interviewed doctors on his show who dissent from the left’s COVID-19 narratives.
Stelter: Unlike Rogan, If CNN Says So, It Must Be True
On Monday's installment of At This Hour, CNN chief media correspondent Brian Stelter joined host Kate Bolduan to assert that people can trust CNN to be truthful and accurate because, unlike Joe Rogan, it is a real news operation that cares about facts and information.
CBS Demands ‘Dangerous’ Rogan Be Censored, But Claims to Love ‘Speech’
All three major broadcast networks continued on Monday morning to do their part in the push to remove Joe Rogan from the public square over his top-rated Spotify podcast under the guise of COVID-19 falsehoods. In the case of ABC, CBS, and NBC, they ratcheted up the rhetoric from when they first covered it last week, calling his show and views “dangerous” “misinformation” with one implicitly…
UPDATE: Whoopi Claims 'Holocaust Isn't About Race,' 'Two White Groups'
Following a Monday segment blasting podcaster Joe Rogan for spreading “misinformation,” co-host Whoopi Goldberg showed us that real misinformation and anti-Semitism was alive and well on ABC’s The View as she falsely suggested, “the Holocaust isn't about race” but just “two white groups” going at it.
Rogan Responds to Spotify Outrage, Hammers Censorship Hypocrisy
World-famous podcaster Joe Rogan stirred up controversy with Cancel Culture mobs by interviewing medical professionals who questioned shifting narratives of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, rocker Neil Young pulled his music from Spotify in protest, causing Spotify and Rogan himself to respond.
Another Aging Lefty Rocker Is Attacking Joe Rogan and Spotify
Spotify has faced more criticism for its decision to keep Joe Rogan’s podcast on the platform.
Spotify, Substack Stand Up for Free Speech, Joe Rogan
Who knew rocker Neil Young was into censorship? The one-time rock and roll guy of Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, - he of such legendary hits as “Rockin’ in the Free World” - was typical of 60’s and 70’s rock and roll types, supposedly free and easy. He had no problem with drugs, advertising his use in memoirs. Now pretending there’s no problem with drug use would be…
NewsBusters Podcast: Barry Manilow 'Bans' and 'Virtue Bombs'
On Friday, we were flustered by the rumor that Seventies pop star Barry Manilow sided with Neil Young in pulling his songs from Spotify over Joe Rogan. The rumor was untrue. But this kind of controversy lines up with our interview with Christian Toto about his new book on politically correct entertainment, Virtue Bombs: How Hollywood Got Woke and Lost Its Soul.