Damn right Bob!
\nAnd their argument is that it’s stopping “free speech”.
\nThey assume that if debated enough the truth will eventually come out. That if enough people presented different opinions then that makes the truth more accurate. What they don’t seem to want to admit is that, there’s a lot of privilege and inequality that goes on behind the scenes that allow the loudest person to make the most noise. What’s accountability? If you’re talking the loudest and seem super self assured, then you must be right, right ?!<\/p>\n
It’s just another form of oppression and marginalised communities yet again are the ones being harmed the most.<\/p>\n
I appreciate you and others speaking up about this. Thanks.
\nFrom a POC artist. Feiloka.<\/p>\n
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Towards the end of his video Rogan says he loves Joni Mitchell too(in addition to Neil Young) \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcI love her music , Chuck E\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in Love is a great song\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<\/p>\n
Tells you all you need to know. Doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know the difference between Joni Mitchell and Rickie Lee Jones.<\/p>\n
Thanks.<\/p>\n
Andrew Butcher<\/p>\n
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Pathetic that other artists are not stepping up to support Neil and Joni.<\/p>\n
Is their pocketbook speaking to them or their integrity?<\/p>\n
Alyse M. Kobin<\/p>\n
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I used to think that 1960s hippies were against \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the man\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. But this whole Covid thing just confirms what they (Archie Bunker) used to say\/ you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a bunch of commies. \u00f0\u0178\u00a4\u00b7\u00e2\u20ac\u008d\u00e2\u2122\u201a\u00ef\u00b8\u008f<\/p>\n
Will Maze<\/p>\n
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‘You have no idea how dumb people are. They can’t spell, and they can’t understand the facts and they can’t analyze…”<\/p>\n
When did Liberals become so gross and condescending? Anybody and everybody\u00c2\u00a0who doesn’t vote for their political hack or buy into their narrative is ill-educated and stupid.<\/p>\n
Keep believing that Bob.<\/p>\n
Talk about an echo chamber.<\/p>\n
And you guys wonder why everyday working class citizens despise Limousine\u00c2\u00a0Liberals and\u00c2\u00a0 the media class.<\/p>\n
Btw… I subscribe to the NY Times. Physical paper. They get shit wrong. When they deign to run a correction it’s buried in small print in the back.<\/p>\n
Chad Anderson<\/p>\n
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Most of what you are saying re Rogan is true. There is a little generic stuff going on out there that doesn’t apply to him\u00c2\u00a0quite as simply as the usual nonsense being flung about. He did double down inappropriately when ran some stuff up the flagpole. The cloth masks worked against the OG version of omicron. It works against most airborne transmission. How many people do you know that even had a cold in the last two years while wearing any form of mask and social distancing? It wasn’t until omicron came along where if you basically wink at someone they get covid where they said n95 or 3-ply surgical mask or bust.<\/p>\n
So for Joe to say that people were saying cloth masks were useless during the first phase and now they aren’t, so therefor they were right, it doesn’t work that way. Also, there WAS a window where the vaccines seemed to have prevented any kind of infection with regards to the og version of the virus. Which was never the point. Then it turned out you could get sick but you wouldn’t go to the hospital, which was always the point.<\/p>\n
As with him misinforming his audience, the main issue, not just with his audience, but people in general these days is that people hear something once, and because media is so splintered these days, people never hear the corrections. They just move on. Although in his case, since he has a pretty devoted return audience he can probably support this better than most. If he were to start subsequent\u00c2\u00a0podcasts with\u00c2\u00a0something like “first off, thanks for tuning in. And thanks to so and so for joining us last week, just a couple of clarifications from last week’s podcast”, etc,<\/p>\n
He and really anyone can’t expect his audience to hear something as food for thought and then go learn more about it, especially with the mess that is internet news\u00c2\u00a0these days. And don’t double down on the dubious claims of your guests. It’s not a very high bar that one needs to clear.<\/p>\n
Joe isn’t Alex Jones, not even remotely close, and he’s not a journalist, but there are still standards you have the same way you wouldn’t say some stuff\u00c2\u00a0 to your friends if you weren’t sure of the veracity of it.<\/p>\n
Jeff Gorlechen<\/p>\n
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And he can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even get the spelling of Rickie Lee Jones or Chuck E\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in Love correct!<\/p>\n
Peter Wark<\/p>\n
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Rogan will equivocate. Because he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a punk, a self-important shit-disturber.<\/p>\n
That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the role for all of those like him – Trump, Josh Hawley, Alex Jones, all of them. Puffed up with their platforms. Full of themselves. They like disturbing, hurting, damaging people\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s lives. They get a power rush from it. And, they make money from it.<\/p>\n
That kind never change their stories. They double down when called out. Doubling down attracts a crowd, the kind who like to watch someone get beaten up, maybe a woman or a child, symbolically. The cruelty excites them.<\/p>\n
My sense is that Rogan enjoys that kind of power. That he can hurt people with misinformation, that it draws a crowd\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
Am I wrong?<\/p>\n
John\u00c2\u00a0Parikhal<\/p>\n
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Imagine that, the party of thoughts and prayers perpetuates lies and myths to prop up their existence. \u00c2\u00a0And killing their base while doing so. Hell of a plan.<\/p>\n
Jeff Sackman<\/p>\n
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Thank you for this! Have you seen the singer songwriter Joseph Arthur and his anti-VAX lunacy that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s lost him tons of fans, shows and a manager? Yes he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a Rogan fan. And, he was trying to sue the Los Angeles Times for an article that called him an anti-vaxer.<\/p>\n
So tired, Katherine\u00c2\u00a0Turman<\/p>\n
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You are correct sir!!
\nJoe Rogan is a dope and a dangerous con artist .
\nNo more, no less.
\nAnd Spotify is absolutely without \u00c2\u00a0shame for not shit canning him immediately.
\nI cancelled my subscription immediately and am waiting for more artists to join Neil
\nand Joni and do the right thing.
\nThis is a no brainer for the most outspoken and influential of classic rockers.
\nWhere are Bruce, Little Steven, Don Henley,James Taylor, Graham Nash, Sheryl Crow, John Fogerty, Bono, Elton, Jackson Browne and Eddie Vedder, just for starters?<\/p>\n
Stephen Dessau<\/p>\n
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You are asking a lot of the former host of Fear Factor. \u00c2\u00a0I get all of my medical advice from Brian Dunkleman, so I am safe.<\/p>\n
Dan Fullick<\/p>\n
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No! No! And No!!!<\/p>\n
Don Hyde<\/p>\n
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So Joe Rogan is a man of the people…\u00c2\u00a0 let me finish it for you, and the people suck<\/p>\n
George Drakoulias<\/p>\n
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everything you said is spot on\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
PLUS\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6he thinks Joni Mitchell is Rickie Lee Jones?!?!<\/p>\n
(did you watch the entire video? – he says, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I love Joni Mitchell…\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Chuck E\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s In Love\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is a great song.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d).<\/p>\n
Terry Anzaldo<\/p>\n
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Watching the left eat itself is so very funny yet sad at the same time. You obviously have never actually listened to his podcasts. Much like your ridiculous hot takes on Dave months back before actually watching his latest. Go back to writing about the music industry because those were informative and interesting reads. I was a fan. Now you just bitch about politics like every other leftest on Team Blue. Falling right in line with every narrative you are fed while not realizing you do more damage then good to causes and people you think you champion. Hope to read some insightful things on related to the music biz from you in the near future.<\/p>\n
GJ\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Koehler<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n He can choose his science and he has and your hero Daniel Ek is paying him beaucoup bucks to be a douche. Not just playing his podcast. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s paying him to spread this nonsense.<\/p>\n Harold Love<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n If you listen to the Sanjay Gupta interview, you see how subtle and deliberate Rogan can be. \u00c2\u00a0He casts doubt on what Gupta says, but with a quiet seemingly reasonable voice instead of a scream or overwrought rhetoric. \u00c2\u00a0That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s way more sinister in my book. \u00c2\u00a0He wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just having a conversation. He was working against his guest because he does in fact have a point of view.<\/p>\n Tim Redman<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n I agree. However, this nonsense is going to continue to grow, fester, simmer and boil over if we don’t somehow call a timeout. I suggest a 2 step reboot.<\/p>\n 1. Make Fox remove the word NEWS from broadcasts that only offer opinion. They are not news but people see it on the screen, tacitly elevating opinion and entertainment into News. When “Opinion” is being broadcast, on all news outlets, add yet another bit of screen real estate to scroll\/flash “OPINION” on the video feed.<\/p>\n 2. Actual consequences. Where are they? Not just 1\/6 but we can trace that back to the Mortgage Crisis and further if you try. How does that saying from our youth go… No Justice, No Peace. Shame that had to be brought back, but incomprehensible that it’s just as relevant today, perhaps more.<\/p>\n These 2 steps will not make everything ok. But if truth, justice and the American Way are only a bit of dialog George Reeves uttered as Superman we may not ever have a chance to start narrowing the divide.<\/p>\n Mike Marrone<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Bravo sir!<\/p>\n Steve Baker<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n You know the minute I lost it all for Aaron Rodgers? When he told Pat McAfee he had talked to<\/p>\n Joe Rogan\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6even McAfee had to look away\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6I mean WTF?<\/p>\n Tom Clark<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Can’t wait until your entire backwards fuckin drugged up generation dies off. Or at least the ones that think they are on the side of truth because they lick boot and toe the company line. Rock and Roll is dead because the creators turned into fuckin pansies. Hip hop is dead for the same fuckin reason. Whats a 5 percenter? a BLACK ACTIVIST that doesn’t believe in the government. ‘There’s pork in jello’. Activism is dead. YOU GUYS KILLED IT. SUCKER. ASS. BITCHES.<\/p>\n Youre\u00c2\u00a0on the WRONG side of history and your reputation will pay dearly. Good thing the only people that pay attention to you are on their fuckin deathbeds. Gene therapy mandates (It isn’t a vaccine if it dont STOP THE SPREAD). Get off your high horse you limp dick fuck. The next generation’s moment is now and don’t give 2 shits about you dinosaurs who are attempting to ruin our culture from your perch. You’re\u00c2\u00a0gonna fall and we’re gonna laugh.<\/p>\n You think it’s\u00c2\u00a0Rogan. Youre so fucking wrong. We’re sick of being lied to. IM A DEMOCRAT HES A DEMOCRAT YOU IGNORANT BASTARD. The reason the Dems wont\u00c2\u00a0hold office anytime soon is IDIOTS like you and SWISHER and the rest of you assholes I used to respect. No more. Draw the line and stand on the side of censorship. Idiot.<\/p>\n Reputation death Bob. You might as well start a book club and kick back on your rocker and eat your applesauce. Loser<\/p>\n Josh Berman<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n I know how dumb people are, I read your reviews and your politics. You are dumber than most – or duped and easily so. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know anyone else spreading as much misinformation than you. Im guessing you are a short man with a short penis because I know few people that are still as in awe of trump than you – man, you must barely sleep at night!! Trump loves vaccines as much as you so maybe see a therapist.<\/p>\n Marjorie Weir<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n how can you demand #1 and also #4?<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hi I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m Joe and I know nothing about this topic so I hope to have an objective conversation and learn. But before we begin I would like everyone to know that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve done my research and all these experts with differing opinions are WRONG! Its misinformation!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not making sense Bob<\/p>\n you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re becoming part of the problem<\/p>\n Adam Lyons<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n You going to write one of these on \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The View\u00e2\u20ac\u009d? You think they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re telling it straight? You think they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have millions doing things against their own interests on account of what they say?<\/p>\n Man\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6where will this stop? Do you really think you can stamp out wrong stuff everywhere it exists? And do you think the stamping isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t political? There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wrong shit everywhere and no one seems to care until it rubs a democrat the wrong way.<\/p>\n Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s try this, everyone\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6educate yourself, get a wide exposure to conversations, make up your mind. Caveat Emptor. Trust none of it until it vets out.<\/p>\n Or do you really think the censors can just keep thinking for everyone?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thanks,<\/p>\n Bob Sheehan<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n As Marv says\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6..YES!<\/p>\n Corey Bearak<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n You can lead a human to knowledge but you can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make it think ~<\/p>\n Rock Singer<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Based on my knee jerk response to this story, you sure put me in my place!<\/p>\n Points well taken.<\/p>\n Joel Hirsch<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n how can these idiots admit to anything when all it would do is open the door to a million wrongful death suits?<\/p>\n Chris Spector<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Great\u00c2\u00a0read, thanks<\/p>\n Toby Mamis<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n I agree completely Bob.<\/p>\n But what is Apple doing? They’ve got Dr. Robert Malone on Steve Bannon’s show a week or two before he was on Rogan. Same message. Where is the outrage? Where is the response from Apple? I don’t see any warnings<\/p>\n https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/episode-1-436-the-virus-and-the-turkey-w-dr-peter\/id1485351658?i=1000542981502<\/p>\n If we’re going to hold the middle men accountable, and I think we should, then let’s hold them all accountable. Spotify is not alone in serving up this type of content. And Apple and YouTube\/Google helped facilitate Joe Rogan’s rise to popularity. This is way bigger than Spotify. It’s way bigger than podcasting. As you say, it’s about truth and, sadly, we are living in a post-truth era.<\/p>\n Thanks for doing your part to set the record straight.<\/p>\n -Will Phalen<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Have you found the Russian collusion yet the left told me about for\u00c2\u00a03 years ? When you do let me know and you will have credibility , until then you are a cranky old man out of touch .<\/p>\n Joseph A Ondris<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Jesus Christ- are you stupid, Bob. Fucking hell.<\/p>\n nickwegener2<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n I couldn’t take anything he said in the video seriously after he said he loves Joni Mitchell, that Chuckie’s In Love is a great song. Sure we all misspeak from time to time, but in his Instagram edit he admits he thought Joni did that song. Just a perfect example of how he thinks he knows something, so he says it out loud, but is wrong. Except with Covid when he’s wrong there’s real\u00c2\u00a0world consequences. (At least he didn’t say “I love Neil Young, A Horse With No Name is a great song”.)<\/p>\n Nikki Vinci<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Did you hear Joe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s lame Instagram post defending himself. He goes on to say what a fan he is of Neil \u00c2\u00a0Young and then goes on to say how much he loves Joni Mitchell- especially her song \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Chuck E\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in Love\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Tracy Gershon<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Damn straight Bob. Damn straight.<\/p>\n I pulled my self\u00c2\u00a0released material off of Spotify. It’s not enough to cheer Neil and Joni from the sidelines. Need to stand with them.<\/p>\n I’m still trying to get the label that released some of my music to pull them down but they are resisting.<\/p>\n Bobbo<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n The question in my mind is why should the liberal agenda care?\u00c2\u00a0 Less Covid 19 vaccinations mean fewer conservative thorns in your side…or DOES it?<\/p>\n Gerald Murphy<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n YESSSSSSS!!!!!!<\/p>\n Young Hutchison<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Bob – oy, check your own work for misinformation. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think Rogan has ever told people to take ivermectin. From what I heard him say is that he reported that he took it based on the guidance of his doctor and that people should consult with their doctor about this stuff.<\/p>\n Do you even listen to his podcast?<\/p>\n Been reading you for over a decade. You miss the mark when it comes to this topic.<\/p>\n – Dylan Diewold<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Having more people discussing the pros and cons of covid vaccines is like discussing whether the Earth is flat or round. It’s a waste of time, except in the issue of vaccines, it’s deathly dangerous. I wonder how many people have died because of Joe Rogan?<\/p>\n Bruce Gordon<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Thank you Bob. Keep it up.<\/p>\n Tod Mesirow<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n What this whole exercise teaches me is that voices that command respect need to make themselves heard. Neil Young is listened to not just because of what he does but because of who he has been for his entire life.<\/p>\n When those voices speak out change happens. As you point out, the solutions are not complicated. For people like Rogan who speak to millions, with great power comes greater responsibility to take the time to get it right.<\/p>\n He says he wants to do better. Spotify says it wants to do better. We need to hold them to that and to keep the pressure on by continuing to demand accountability.<\/p>\n George Laugelli<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Utter bullshit.\u00c2\u00a0 Ivermectin works by the way.\u00c2\u00a0 That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s why Joe took it.\u00c2\u00a0 Something worked he did.<\/p>\n You know what kills me the most is you and these old rockers not wanting to have any conversation about your beloved pharmaceutical companies and governments being wrong.\u00c2\u00a0 Just do what they tell you and follow the narrative your government says is right.\u00c2\u00a0 Huh???? \u00c2\u00a0 Aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t we SUPPOSED to question what the authorities tell us?\u00c2\u00a0 Isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t that the essence of rock and roll?\u00c2\u00a0 Ohhh\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I get it\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 now it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s if the Cdc, Phizer and Merck say it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fine then shut up and say it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fine.\u00c2\u00a0 If not we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll protest you and take you off the air, burn your books and boycott your free speech.\u00c2\u00a0 I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get it.<\/p>\n Truth doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t care if it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s questioned, only lies and liars do.\u00c2\u00a0 Do you really think Phizer has your best interest at heart?\u00c2\u00a0 DO YOU?<\/p>\n It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so beyond dumb to think so and anyone that dares share contrary info, like say, a scientist who helped create the MRNA technology, is deemed a quack!\u00c2\u00a0 Seriously??<\/p>\n Neil Young is upset because Joe Rohan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s guest said something false\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6. Bullshit.\u00c2\u00a0 Everybody knows he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s trying to drum up some listens for his new Sirius\/XM station.<\/p>\n tres sasser<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Go drink some wine dude. You’re unhinged.<\/p>\n Rick Jones<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n The guy’s just a grifter. But he’s a $200,000,000 grifter. That kind of dough is worth (somebody else) dying for. What we have here is literally a corporation killing for profit. For the grift. Do you seriously think that right and wrong have anything to do with it?\u00c2\u00a0 It’s just their nature. Spotify, Facebook, and Twitter are the scorpion stinging the frog. But they won’t drown in the river. They’re the deities of our time. They’ll just float above the carnage.<\/p>\n Carl Seibert<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n 8. Admit Rickie Lee Jones wrote \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Chuck E\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in Love\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n Chris Cappeto<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n This is one of the best things you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve written, Bob!<\/p>\n Russ Daggart<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Its past the point of reason. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not even that Google is too tough, but that Google is apparently \u00e2\u20ac\u0153in on it\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Now they say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t search using Google, you have to use DuckDuckGo.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n Did you know that soccer players are dying from heart attacks since the Covid vaccine was mandated in order to be eligible to play? That the vaccine is actually gene therapy?<\/p>\n Neither things are true, a simple Google search proves that. But now Google is telling you what to think, directing you AWAY from the truth. I found the same results on DuckDuckGo, of course, but most people that believe this tripe are too far past convincing otherwise.<\/p>\n The last interesting thing Joe Rogan did was NewsRadio. Why do so many people view him as a critical thinker?<\/p>\n Best wishes, __________________________________<\/p>\n Spot on, Bob. Winston Churchill put it best when he said, \u00c2\u00a0“The price of greatness is responsibility.”<\/p>\n Also, combating disinformation is not censorship.<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u201dJoel Messerrer in SF<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Bob,<\/p>\n Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a little disingenuous<\/p>\n to rant about Fox while ignoring the last four years of the fake Russian collusion<\/p>\n story in The NY Times and the mainstream media, C\u00e2\u20ac\u2122mon Bob a little consistency<\/p>\n Stuart Wax<\/p>\n Midnight Music Management<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n You read it how you want to Bob… feels like I am watching you become So continue following the lies Bob, getting angry when people seek the You lost me today, Bob. __________________________________<\/p>\n Harvest Moonie seems to have forgotten how important self determination is for the demographic his music speaks to.<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n jb<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n What responsibility? It is not his place to demand how a business runs its service.<\/p>\n He is just looking for attention<\/p>\n William<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n So anything on\u00c2\u00a0www.mercola.com\u00c2\u00a0relating to the vaccine is wrong too??????????\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Mercola unlike Rogan is a medical doctor.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0He sites sources that seem valid.<\/p>\n David<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Yes Bob! yes!<\/p>\n Dennis van Leeuwen<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Hey Bob , did you hear Joe say he loved Joni Mitchell and the song Chuck E’s in love is a great song …<\/p>\n John Kieselhorst<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Your problem is that you think people are stupid and can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t tell lies from truth.<\/p>\n Well, maybe you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re the stupid one.<\/p>\n Ever thought of that?<\/p>\n Thor House<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n 100% this<\/p>\n Robin Hill<\/p>\n A brilliant summation of the issues (misinformation and erasure of standards of truth and science) that are either going to see blowback correction or will be the basis for the rise of Trump\/Hitler\/Nero authoritarianism such that history will repeat itself with the fall of another great modern global power- \u00c2\u00a0The United States of America\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.<\/p>\n Best, __________________________________<\/p>\n Do you realize that Joe Rogan is not a Republican? He doesn’t outright claim to be a Democrat, but said on his podcast just a few months ago that he has never voted Republican. In the 2020 primaries he was supporting Bernie Sanders.<\/p>\n I am a longtime subscriber\u00c2\u00a0to your letters as well as a longtime listener of the Joe Rogan Experience. Just like all of us, Joe is human and makes mistakes, but for the most part he gets it right. The guy is very smart, a critical thinker, and has an incredible capacity to retain knowledge. His podcasts are 3+ hours of diving deep into various subjects. In the myocarditis snippet\u00c2\u00a0it looks like he was corrected by an expert and didn’t\u00c2\u00a0want to accept it based on an article or articles he had read. But that’s the world we live in, Bob. The truth is hard to find. There is an article or study to back everyone’s point of view or agenda. The truth is no longer black and white and we are caught in the middle of it all. Nobody knows what to believe.<\/p>\n In his Instagram video addressing the matter he brings up the ever-shifting “truth” surrounding Covid. He mentions that just a few months ago denying the effectiveness of cloth masks, believing the lab leak theory, or saying that people who are vaccinated can still catch or spread Covid would get you banned from social media. Now these things are widely accepted. He is absolutely right about that.<\/p>\n Daniel Clower<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n I’m not a massive fan of Rogan’s but I really don’t get why are some people so upset with him. Rachel Maddow spent four years lying through her teeth about Trump being a Russian spy (and Sean Hannity before her that Obama was a Kenyan socialist — if only that one were true!) and that’s fine apparently. And even on the narrow subject of Rogan, CNN lied because they must know Ivermectin (whose efficacy with Covid I make no claim) is one of the WHO’s essential medicines, not “horse paste” — but they kept repeating it. Rogan has some clowns on the show but compared to the mainstream media this guy is an oracle of truth. When Rachel Maddow gets stuff wrong (usually on purpose, I know she’s not stupid), she doesn’t tweet out the report that contradicted her stance like Rogan did last month.<\/p>\n CHARLES KENNEDY<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n If you actually listened to the podcasts with Dr. McCullough and Dr. Robert Malone, you’d realize they both pose very compelling questions around the official narrative.<\/p>\n Dr. McCullough\u00c2\u00a0is a highly-published, board-certified physician\u00c2\u00a0who testified before CONGRESS, while Dr. Malone was one of the main contributors to the invention of mRNA vaccines.<\/p>\n Have you considered you being the one misinformed? Realize that calling for censorship makes you a bigot. You are the problem buddy. Shame on you.<\/p>\n Cheers,<\/p>\n Martin Z<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Thank you for writing about TRUTH, about RESPONSIBILITY. And thank you for not being afraid to say that people are stupid. We have the same problem in the UK _ Boris Johnson apologises for some people being upset by what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s happened, but he never takes responsibility and apologises for the fact that it happened.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Spotify should dump Rogan, but not just him, they should dump ALL podcasts. If they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not prepared to accept the responsibility of being publishers, they should just be content with being the best music distribution company in the world.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mike Donovan<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Bob, lol. You are in entertainment and media. You certainly know how to rile up a reader.<\/p>\n If you are so cock sure about your Covid facts, then please post them for your readers.<\/p>\n Send a mail with your irrefutable Covid facts and vax stats and let your audience be the jury.<\/p>\n You generalise about Joe Rogan and \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcmisinforming\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 people, well firstly it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s their choice to research it, but more importantly you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t exactly put the facts down either.<\/p>\n I live between England and South Africa and I am hearing more and more stories about young women who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s menstrual cycles are out of sync let alone pregnant women losing babies of the vax. And the sportsman complaining about heart problems, footballers dropping on the pitch?<\/p>\n You are losing credibility for a waning audience.<\/p>\n T Weakley<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/span>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Spotify is a publisher.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d 100% right.\u00c2\u00a0 Spotify crossed the threshold into publishing when they combined licensing existing content (music from it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s owners) to paying for content to be created for them.\u00c2\u00a0 Most publishers have editorial guidelines to ensure their creators (journalists in the case of the NY Times) is of a standard which is deemed suitable of the publisher; whether paper, digital, broadcast, audio or otherwise.\u00c2\u00a0 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a form of quality control so creators\/journalists don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t go rogue\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 regardless of what \u00e2\u20ac\u0153rogue\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I worked for the Financial Times during the financial crisis.\u00c2\u00a0 The FT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s journalists had a responsibility to their audience to ensure they cited the facts and removed emotion from their reporting as they didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to insight panic, fear monger or cause a run on the banks.\u00c2\u00a0 There were points during the crisis where some of the journalists were genuinely scared of the possibilities of what could happen or disagreed with the fiscal measures being instigated.\u00c2\u00a0 The FT had (and has) a robust set of editorial guidelines journalists have to follow.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There are initially 100 million reasons why Joe Rogan is going to be a problem for Spotify.\u00c2\u00a0 However, as Spotify continue down this route and try to expand their share of the audio publisher market Joe Rogan will not be the last creator that causes problems of this nature for them.\u00c2\u00a0 This is not social media or user generated content.\u00c2\u00a0 Spotify are publishing and distributing audio content they are paying for.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mark Jennings<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Re: Joe Rogan \/ Neil Young and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Misinformation\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n Joe says: \u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I love Joni Mitchell too, I love her music\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Chuck E\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s In Love is a great song\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n More misinformation!<\/p>\n Kenny Jacob<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n First, I guess if anyone should know about the efficacy of drugs, legal or not, it’s musicians from the 60’s. They have certainly indulged in just about everything you can get your hands on over the years. I think it would really help if we had Keith Richards talk to the population about the efficacy of drugs. He has to be the living expert.<\/p>\n Second, many of the things science has claimed to be true about the pandemic, are now accepted and known to be false by the same scientists. Here are just a few examples: a.) Cloth and surgical masks work to protect others, now\u00c2\u00a0only N95 masks work. b.) The vaccine will eradicate\u00c2\u00a0the virus. c.) Masks should be worn to protect others, and now it is to protect yourself. d.) If you test positive, you need to quarantine\u00c2\u00a0for 10 days, and now you only need to quarantine for 5. e.) If you are a healthcare worker who tests positive you need to be quarantined for 10 days, now if you are a healthcare worker who tests positive, but is asymptomatic you should come to work.<\/p>\n I could go on and on, but your hatred of anyone’s opinion that questions your position does not allow you to consider my thoughts. Just keep on following good old Neil Young, who everyone knows is nowhere.<\/p>\n Dennis Paulik<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n You are wrong on this one.<\/p>\n Michael Brunnock<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re right on the money here.<\/p>\n I recently found out what research means.<\/p>\n I just finished my first novel which will be out in Germany in March. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s based on the story of a German guy called Oskar Speck who in the 1930\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s paddled from Ulm, Germany, all the way to Australia in a folding boat over the course of seven years. Only to be incarcerated upon arrival and put in an internment camp because WWII had started.<\/p>\n You can pretty much find the story on the internet where \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even have the day of his death right (they gave him two more years than he had). Now my book is a novel, but I wanted to include as many facts as possible. I had my first version after a year and then had the chance to go to Australia and sit in a museum and read everything from his estate, letters, articles, diary, you name it. I spoke to his friends, his gardener, slept in his house, built a 30\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s folding boat and took a trip in Sydney harbor\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 and visited his grave. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s how I know when he died.<\/p>\n After twelve years of writing and rewriting the novel is now finished and for the first time in good shape. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Of course: no-one can do all this research, but that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s why we have experts and you gotta trust them, no matter which field they are in.<\/p>\n But instead we have badly educated people googling while they speak before they think.<\/p>\n Thanks for your missives, I enjoy them every time.<\/p>\n Tobias Friedrich<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s always amazing to me to see how progressives demand such equal obedience and zeal for their opinions.<\/p>\n Todd Fernandez<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n GOD I love you!!!!!<\/p>\n J A Etchison<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Very well done.<\/p>\n Gary\u00c2\u00a0Witt<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Actually it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s you I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to stop supporting!<\/p>\n I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m shocked that you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve become this old blow hard who doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know who\/what he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s talking about.<\/p>\n It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s obvious you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve never watched\/heard his long form show.<\/p>\n Thanks, but we viewers aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t as ignorant or feeble as you think and we are capable of discerning truth in a discussion.<\/p>\n Which is what Joe was doing.<\/p>\n He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not an antivaxer and his taking the vaccine was delayed because he got Covid. \u00c2\u00a0And any therapies he tried were directed by HIS DOCTOR! Damn.<\/p>\n He is NOT a news show \u00e2\u20ac\u201d this ain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t NBC or for that matter The View \u00e2\u20ac\u201d do you see\/hear how many times Whoopie Goldberg gives misinformation! She was 3x vaccinated and STIll got Covid while saying \u00e2\u20ac\u0153you can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get it if your vaccinated!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Stupid.<\/p>\n You and your hysterical minions are why the democrats will lose the next presidential election.<\/p>\n You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re on a tangent and can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even see how crazy this is! \u00c2\u00a0With COVID restrictions coming down around the world, you seem to think that this draconian dragging of Joe Rogan is going to make it all right again in your world!<\/p>\n Ha! \u00c2\u00a0While I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m fully vaccinated, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m appalled at this group think mentality that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s got \u00e2\u20ac\u0153artists\u00e2\u20ac\u009d fighting to displace one entity for the other corporate entity: the Government! That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s right the Government is a corporate entity too. Pharma $ runs that joint like \u00c2\u00a0they run everything else.<\/p>\n So what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s next? \u00c2\u00a0Who else are you going to demand speak and believe the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153national\u00e2\u20ac\u009d line? \u00c2\u00a0When someone forces you to use a pronoun you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re unfamiliar with will they be replaced? If someone says the flu shot is not for them – what are you going to do? Kick them off TV (try the girls on The View, they declined that shot for hilarious unfounded reasons, but hey, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not a campaign you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re promoting so they get a pass at being \u00e2\u20ac\u0153misinformed\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n How about getting rid of the folks who say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153get over January 6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d like Condoleeza did on The View! Is that not misinformation?<\/p>\n You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re so concerned about COVID – you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re ready to throw out all the free speech bath water.<\/p>\n Cool. Do that. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be done with you too.<\/p>\n Rogan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s responsibility because he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s POPULAR?!<\/p>\n You all sound like haters. Because he outnumbers everyone – daily!<\/p>\n Okay, tell that to the next rapper with an audience of millions that raps about the joy of molly, lean Adderal and Percocet \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t they have a responsibility because so many MILLIONS listen to them too?<\/p>\n This is a free country and I realize freedom is scary to some but,<\/p>\n Fear is taking over your thinking\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6and Fear thinking is why Dems will lose.<\/p>\n Jacqueline Rhinehart<\/p>\n P.S. Ira Glasser (former head of ACLU) was right:<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Everybody believes in free speech \u00e2\u20ac\u201d if it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s theirs!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n How many times has Fauci been wrong or misinformation? He said the cloths masks were good when he knew they weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t and he wanted to avoid a run on n95 masks\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6then there was the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153vaccinated can go without masks\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6or the vaccinated won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t spread the virus\u00e2\u20ac\u009d!\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 should I go on??<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so much wrong with this, and I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have the time to educate you on everything. But here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the big points<\/p>\n Joe does prepare for all his guests and challenges everyone he has on<\/p>\n He very often says he knows nothing and to not take medical advice from him<\/p>\n He has repeatedly said that if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re older or in an at-risk category you should take the vaccine<\/p>\n Spotify is a content aggregator. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not a publisher.<\/p>\n Joe and Aaron Rodgers and Dana White all got over Covid within a few days by following joes treatment advice which he himself says relied more on monoclonal antibodies than ivermectin<\/p>\n The whole point of what he does is to explore alternative views. If no one ever questions the mainstream narrative then those in power will do whatever they want. We need media to question those in power and prod and test the narrative they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re pushing.<\/p>\n If people take medical advice from a comedian\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s podcast isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t that on them? Where does personal responsibility fit into this for you, Bob?<\/p>\n John Paterson<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Your whole post has only one sentence that mattered. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This is what four years of Trump has wrought\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n U damn right it started with Trump. He blew the lid off this whole bullshit system Neo.<\/p>\n Wake up Bob. Your old ass grandpa Biden is confirming what Trump already exposed. The US is done. Rome is falling. You and Neil and whoever else tries to defend this crap is all going to be wrapped up and sent packing.<\/p>\n Rogan is here to stay and there are many more behind him. Try in vain but the digital Revolution is going to sweep u aside. Bye Karen.<\/p>\n Jack\u00c2\u00a0Lynady<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Joe Rogan will never admit to anything, he got a slap on the wrist for that. Spotify has a huge problem with that guy. It’s only gonna get worse.<\/p>\n Tep No<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.great piece, bob\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.human nature: ain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it a bitch\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n Tommy Allen<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n OK Bob, Dry your tears for chrissake…This is why people hate the left…Outside of you over the hill losers the majority of us would rather protect free speech…Fuck Neil Young.\u00c2\u00a0 Why don’t you spend your time writing about Joe Biden’s wonderful first year?\u00c2\u00a0 Or Maybe Hunter’s Laptop? You and your band of Hollywood clowns are losing and it’s gonna get worse…Enjoy the midterms.\u00c2\u00a0 Tom Ryan<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Good way to stop the spreading mis- information Bob\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 by spreading it yourself with complete fallacy.<\/p>\n Funktion808<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Your ignorance of the way new discoveries occur and scientific knowledge advances is a real handicap when you veer so sharply out of your lane. You sound like an uneducated nincompoop. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n Ask Walter Isaacson where\u00c2\u00a0Einstein\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s “Theory of Relativity” would be today, if standards like those you espouse for podcasts prevailed. His hypotheses on the nature of light were considered so outrageous to the\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0153experts\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of his day, so\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0153out of the mainstream\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, that he was literally cancelled by the academic community of the time.\u00c2\u00a0He couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even get a job teaching math\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Albert Einstein. Imagine!<\/p>\n Today those theories are the Bible\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 but that doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t stop people (real scientists) from taking a skeptical approach to every aspect, as they continue to challenge, prove and re-prove it. And Einstein would have liked it that way.<\/p>\n I think probably you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re just getting old. After all, a closed mind is often a product of experience. (\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I used to be wrong, but then I learned, and now I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m right\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. \ud83d\ude09 \u00c2\u00a0Truth is, younger people don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mind having their thoughts stretched every which way by opposing views. Sometimes it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s even refreshing to think deeply about the absurd. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just exercise, and they understand exercise. They haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t reached the point where everything must be taken so seriously. And they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re just not worried about dying. As a once-young ski bum, you should be able to relate. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n Unfortunately, there is a new contingent of youngsters – those who feel \u00e2\u20ac\u0153threatened\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153unsafe\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by new or controversial ideas.That is where the real danger lies.<\/p>\n Mark Terry<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Right on, Bob. Thank you.<\/p>\n David Pearl<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Talk about misinformation? He said Joni Mitchell recorded Chuck E\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s In Love\u00e2\u20ac\u009d! That was the final straw. What an ass.<\/p>\n Fred Vigdor<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Best newsletter post ever. It sums up exactly what is happening just not here but in the World. \u00c2\u00a0Trump’s actions has created an environment of acceptability to lie, give misinformation and negate the truth. \u00c2\u00a0Will we ever see a \u00c2\u00a0reverse in this kind of thinking? I hope so, but not so sure.<\/p>\n Hosh Gureli<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Hahaha. I love how much this is triggering you Bobby.<\/p>\n rynnxn<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n “You have no idea how dumb people are. They can’t spell, and they can’t understand the facts and they can’t analyze.”<\/p>\n Wow, are you including Biden voters in that Bob? Yikes if so.<\/p>\n Cheers!<\/p>\n Michael Lang<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n There is currently a “Flat Earth Society”.\u00c2\u00a0There are also anti-vaxxers, and many loony Evangelicals who believe that using miracle drugs to save a child’s life from Leukemia is somehow usurping god’s authority. Rogan is a moron, and like other media pundits of his ilk, he is only marginally more knowledgeable than the idiots who listen to him. Today’s right could tell these people “Godzilla is coming” and they would believe it, so manipulating them into paranoid delusions using the same marketable bullsh*t as everyone on Fox News and the right wing disinformation echo chamber about Ivermectin and other irrational and unscientific clap trap is just par for the course. It’s just a modern day stylistic spin on what stupid people have been doing since the dawn of time. There is however a new and frightening pathology to these modern day zombies. Like Lemmings they run happily toward the cliff. Those who lack the brains to know that the former first lady of the country isn’t running a whorehouse in a pizza parlor, probably also lack the brains to prevent them from jumping.<\/p>\n Today’s right is incompatible with a democratic republic and a giant step toward the de-evoution of mankind. They sure as hell aint helping the gene pool.<\/p>\n Larry Brown (guitar)<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Yes. Exactly. I never paid for Spotify and I never paid attention to Rogan but the painful irony that he gets a $100 million contract while the artists get paid in pennies was not lost on me.<\/p>\n Sometimes, a relatively minor detail brings home the bigger story. In the video you wrote about,\u00c2\u00a0Joe Rogan says: “I love Joni Mitchell, ‘Chuckie’s (sic) in Love’ is a great song.” Misspelled title, wrong artist, WTF? How much can you love Joni Mitchell if you associate her with “Chuck E’s In Love” by Rickie Lee Jones? Somebody fed that dickhead this line – he hasn’t a clue.<\/p>\n (We know about the misspelling because Rogan tweeted a correction after this stupid mistake and even then, he miss-wrote “Check E’s” as “Chuckie’s”)<\/p>\n The points you make are much more important but this detail is the kicker for me.<\/p>\n Mark McLaughlin<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/span>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 I love Neil Young, Love Joni Mitchell, Chuck E. in Love is one of my favorite songs\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n what an idiot, he sez that at the end\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n Marc Brickman<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Just like TV news isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t in the news business, they are in the advertising business. \u00c2\u00a0Joe Rogan isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t in the science business, he is in the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153hype\u00e2\u20ac\u009d business.<\/p>\n Perhaps that is the disclaimer that should be used.<\/p>\n Steve Bruns<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Bob, the problem is that he either doesn’t know what\/which is ‘right’, or thinks he is right. This is analogous\u00c2\u00a0to those on the right who think they are ‘saving democracy’ by storming the capitol and supporting a coup to overturn an election. We are in the topsy turvy. I have watched Rogan (guessing you have as well?) yet I am vaccinated and wouldn’t take ivermectin if I got covid any more than I’d take a stool softener.\u00c2\u00a0 I wish I knew how we get out of this mess. The ignorance has always been there – but our digital media magnifies, intensifies and turbo boosts its ability\u00c2\u00a0to spread.<\/p>\n Mark Meyerson<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Not addressing misinformation is our road to hell, paved with indifference. The average American doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t understand supply side economics, macro global economics, or any culture outside of their vastly small bubble. Realize 60% of Americans live within 75 miles of their birthplace. The dance that Fox is playing with regimes like Hungary or watching Tucker hard sell the benefits of Russian authoritarianism is such a late stage democratic death siren because of a total misappropriation of the First Amendment. The judiciary branch is compromised, the legislative branch is awash with co-conspirators who are willing to cash out on democracy, assuming they themselves will be above the fray and still entitled post democracy\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6and we watch and wait hoping AG Garland is going to come to the rescue before the clocks all strike 13.<\/p>\n Craziest part? We collectively have the ability to stop it if there were a cohesive source of media that could combat the Murdochs, and focus any messaging from Democrats that didn’t seem like they feared being impolite. Allow the defamation suits and award damages, none of these outlets care about anything but their bottom line. The Dems have decided they will pet the rabid dog until it behaves…instead of put it down as the only viable option.<\/p>\n Apply for your dual citizenship to Canada now…it’s a process but you will have a place to flee to if they start building more prisons to hold the people who will insist on democratic rule..I wish this were all hyperbole.<\/p>\n Trent Keeling<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Look what happened! Joe Rogan say’s (summarized) he can do better and will! Daniel Ek’s response is a typical corporate response but at least he’s acknowledges he\/Spotify can do better and is planning a few initiatives.<\/p>\n Look what Neal did! WOW!<\/p>\n Quick note to tell you that I switched from Spotify to Tidal (HiFi Pro). Now that I’ve been using it for a few days, I wanted to let you know that it’s easy to use and sounds great. They provide an app that goes into your Spotify account and auto transfers your Spotify playlists into Tidal. It works great. I’ve had very little disruption to my music listening since transferring.<\/p>\n Note: I do not work for Tidal nor have any affiliation with anyone or anything associated with the company.<\/p>\n Love and appreciate your work!<\/p>\n Sarra Jarvis-Gallagher<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Thank you<\/p>\n Brian Jonas<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Big fan, thanks\u00c2\u00a0for taking the various stands you take, especially on politics and Covid. I have a thought\u00c2\u00a0about the Joe Rogan\/Spotify situation. When Covid was brand new and nobody knew anything about it, Joe had Michael Osterholm from the U of Minnesota on to explain things. It was fabulous and Joe was very much on team sanity at that time. If you haven’t listened to it, I highly\u00c2\u00a0recommend\u00c2\u00a0it. Mr. Osterholm has unquestionable\u00c2\u00a0credibility\u00c2\u00a0on this issue.<\/p>\n My thought: You have a platform with some reach and influence. If you challenged Joe to bring Michael Osterholm back\u00c2\u00a0 on his program for an interview, maybe it would cause some pressure on Joe to invite him.\u00c2\u00a0 My speculation would be that it will be very hard for Joe to maintain his current positions on the science of the vaccination. (He may very well hold his position on the issue of government vaccination requirements, but that is a different issue).<\/p>\n Anyway, please continue to be the voice you are. You are doing good work and I believe it matters.<\/p>\n Cheers<\/p>\n Ken Goldfine<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n I wouldn’t worry about Joe too much Bob. Even though Joni and Neil attempted to assert how righteousness and self-important they are by pulling their songs and protesting Rogan interviewing someone with an alternate take on what’s happening, Joe stated in his recent video, “I like Joni Mitchell. “Chuck\u00c2\u00a0E’s in Love” is a great song. (Poor guy’s just not trackin’)<\/p>\n Rich Nisbet<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n ‘Straight forward, everyday manner’? C’mon it was \u00c2\u00a0CYA protect the 100M deal was all that it was!<\/p>\n Jimmy<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n I agree wholeheartedly.<\/p>\n Misinformation has consequences.<\/p>\n Now it is time that people who spread misinformation should face the consequences, too. Not just the regular folk but the influential folk in the media.<\/p>\n Andy Jones<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n This is one of your best ever Bob. And you are so very right about this most basic precept: nature follows rules. It has no opinions. It simply is, and we have to try to understand it in order to survive it. Science is understanding the rules of nature. If course there are differing views and always have been. Those have led to progress and even greater understanding in many cases, but once established they are fixed and we operate according to them.<\/p>\n What we have now is social football with every player on the field exercising their right to play by the rules as they wish to interpret them. If it was a game, it would end in chaos and fights everywhere on the field.<\/p>\n But it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not a game but our entire state of being that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s at stake. And instead of pulling together according to the laws of nature and society, there are fights breaking out everywhere on the field.<\/p>\n You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re right. People are ill-informed and under-educated. Very few people I know have an even basic understanding of history. If they did, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d see that we are living in the 1850\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s now in this country. And we should all know what happened not long after that.<\/p>\n What we need is to corral the Joe Rogans and confront them with the truth in a public forum. We need to debunk them publicly and in a way that even they cannot deny.<\/p>\n So why not have him on YOUR podcast? Take him on, armed with fact – maybe with a scientist or two at the table as well – and get him to either prove his knucklehead positions or disown them\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6publicly.<\/p>\n While you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re at it, please also sit down with MJT and a history book. I would love to listen to that!<\/p>\n Bob Ezrin<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Perfectly stated, Bob.<\/p>\n I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve said it for years: Joe Rogan is the moron\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s smart person.<\/p>\n Deplatforming Rogan won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make stupid people any smarter and in any case they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d just follow him to whichever Newsmax-equivalent podcast network snatches him up.<\/p>\n What underpins the whole problem here is that the pseudo-libertarianism that Rogan encourages his audience to practice is deeply antisocial at its core. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no need to take responsibility for your actions because you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re responsible only to your self and by extension no one else should be allowed to judge or limit how stupid you behave or how wrong your beliefs are. There is no sense of responsibility to your neighbors, to your subscribers or to the society writ large.<\/p>\n Up here in Canada we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got the same attitude on display in Ottawa with our very own *sigh * \u00e2\u20ac\u0153freedom convoy\u00e2\u20ac\u009d #flukluxclan. Undereducated pseudo libertarians whining about the public health orders that are in place to protect us all and which stands in stark relief to the exhaustion and emotional wreckage suffered by doctors and public health workers everywhere.<\/p>\n When dumb people believe antisocial morons we all suffer. And at the shallow end of the IQ pool, not only is no one ready to apologize or make corrections but they are encouraged to continue their stupidity parade by the purveyors of nonsense and snake oil like Rogan and his ilk.<\/p>\n Unfortunately for us all, the real truth regarding every major catastrophe facing our time is if we continue to behave as though our actions have no consequences, the shit sandwich we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re all going to have to eat keeps getting exponentially worse. And Rogan will keep unapologetically gaslighting. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s getting richer by the day, why stop now?<\/p>\n Jason Prack<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Right on, Bob.<\/p>\n Medea Isphording Bern<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n As long as you think MSM is a credible source of facts\/information, you will continue to be in the dark. I dare you to watch this 20 minute clip. If after you still buy into the bullshit that you can trust anything from MSM, such as the BCC, you will remain hopelessly in the dark, I guess forever.
\nYou can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make this stuff up. Obviously this guy does not \u00c2\u00a0believe in fact checking and feels he has the right to spew \u00c2\u00a0misinformation. \u00c2\u00a0Sorry- there has to be some accountability and responsibility that comes with having that many followers .<\/p>\n
\nAdrian Day<\/p>\n
\nEarly Joe fan from his stand-up comedy club days in the late 90s. Remembering him introducing me to Joey Diaz & Tom Segura; stopped going when he was doing larger venues.
\nWhen he started his podcast it was hilarious because everyone got stoned. It was like hanging w\/a bunch of buds.
\nJoe was very curious about where guests heads were at\u00e2\u20ac\u201d whether he agreed or not. Listened to lots of comics podcasts back then: Marc Maron & Kevin Pollak\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, stand out in my memory.
\nThought it was funny, Joe thought it was funny, when the show began to take off. But stoner culture, still illegal back then, had a definite following & Joe tapped into it eg. Seth Rogan, Jim Breuer, shades of 70\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Cheech & Chong.
\nBut his podcast has been the most listened to for like a decade. Huge for a long time, no longer some niche comic, & his stand-up in major cities are in venues holding thousands. His calling out of another popular comic\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s stealing of material, definitely padded his public resume. And his regular \u00c2\u00a0hosting of MMA fights has to pay well & raised this visibility, post Fear Factor. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s made serious bank off advertising\/sponsorship as he should.
\nBut with the fame & the wealth over an extended period of fame becomes the insulated \u00e2\u20ac\u0153yes bubble\u00e2\u20ac\u009d . Even in the ruthless world of comedy, because of of his power & influence\u00e2\u20ac\u201dremember millions of listeners on the regular\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwho is gonna call him out on his social \/ civic responsibility? He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just a lucky fucker who gets stoned & asks what many are curious about\u00e2\u20ac\u201dbut you & I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have millions hanging on every word.
\nLike you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve pointed out, Bob, reading the papers & staying in THAT conversation is a point of age & privilege: hours in the day + economics. Most folks are busting their asses keeping a roof over their heads & food on the table. So his podcast is like the Facebook\/Feta & other social media, the only input on any topic A LOT of folks are getting.<\/p>\n
\nmore and more single-minded, closed-minded.
\nJoe Rogan admits that he get’s things wrong sometimes… that was
\nclear, but you read something else.
\nDoes mainstream media ever admit the like?
\nHe says that he allows people from both sides on his show… does
\nmainstream media do that? Not a chance… they say what they want (or
\nwhat their sponsors, Pfizer, want them to – you do know that, right?),
\nand never apologise for the misinformation and lies.
\nwhat he is not going to apologise for, and I would lose respect for
\nhim if he did, is searching for the truth… not just going blindly,
\nclosed-mindedly, single-mindedly (as you appear to be), along with
\nwhat our leaders (the Fauci’s – caught for lying, Biden – ‘I will
\nnever mandate the vax’, and countless other lies and misinformation,
\nand the WHO, funded by Gates (conspiracy FACT), who keeps flip
\nflopping.<\/p>\n
\ntruth, getting angry when people don’t agree with YOUR understanding
\nof the truth.
\nI have stuck with you a long time, because I really enjoy your
\ninsights in to music and technology… but where it comes to people’s
\nlives, the power hungry leadership who have failed us, and you STILL
\ngo along with everything they say… believing that these jabs are
\nhelping, that the masks are helping, that lockdowns are helping…
\nwhile the poor get poorer and the rich get richer, and all our
\nfreedoms are taken away bit by bit.<\/p>\n
\nI wish you all the best, and hope that with your large following, you
\nsee the light soon.
\nCheers
\nShaun Booysen<\/p>\n
\nNeil Young has spewed his ideology for years with solid evidence
\nHe is pro abortion, which dangerous even if you are pro choice. \u00c2\u00a0It is dangerous procedure
\nHe spews his climate agenda without any sound scientific baking. \u00c2\u00a0Dangerous
\nHe is pro drug use. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Again dangerous<\/p>\n
\nZannman<\/p>\n
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