After a week that saw the music streaming company's exclusive podcast host having to defend himself from accusations of COVID-19 misinformation as well as explain his past use of the N-word & racist jokes, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek wants everyone to know that "Joe Rogan's comments incredibly hurtful" and "that they do not represent the[...]
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On Saturday, Joe Rogan took to Instagram in an attempt to explain his frequent use of the N-word (after 23 clips showing him using it 24 times on his podcast resurfaced recently & Spotify pulled a number of episodes) and how comparing a Black neighborhood in Philadelphia to the "Planet of the Apes" isn't racist[...]
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But then he goes and posts support for Spotify's podcast master of manipulative misinformation Joe Rogan and … yeah For those who missed the news yesterday (check it out below), Rogan posted a 10-minute video where the host claimed that he's looking to "do my best in the future to balance things out" in response[...]
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In response to the recent controversy surrounding his Spotify podcast The Joe Rogan Experience and artists like Neil Young pulling their music over the streamer's lack of response to his COVID misinformation campaign, Joe Rogan posted a 10-minute video where the host claims that he's looking to "do my best in the future to balance[...]
In reaction to the controversy surrounding musician Neil Young and others pulling their music from the streaming service in response to podcast host Joe Rogan's steady stream of COVID-19 misinformation, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek posted a statement on the streaming music & podcast service (which you can check out below) announcing new & updated policies[...]
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For those of you who haven't heard, Spotify was put into a bit of a quandary earlier this week when rock-n-roll icon Neil Young called out the streaming service for allowing celebrated man-child, sixth-most talented person on Newsradio & The Man Show B-Team member Joe Rogan pretty much free range to espouse or host any[...]
If Joe Rogan thinks he's some kind of Google-educated "doctor" when it comes to COVID-19 then Maher thinks he's some kind of "COVID messiah" with the "righteous path" to wellness for people like him who can afford it (so start handing out millions of late-night contracts, HBO- working on my monologue already).
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One could only hope that FOX is making a conscious effort to counteract some of the confusing messaging recently amplified by Joe Rogan On his popular podcast, Rogan initially stated that he recommends vaccines for most people He followed that statement immediately saying if you are a 21-year-old that is "a healthy person, and you[...]