![]() ![]() We’ve seen enough examples throughout history of censorship not involving the state. “Don’t you know that Rogan is a millionaire with many ways to reach his legions of supporters with his scientifically dubious views and guests?” they say. I know many in liberal circles would counter that only the state can censor, therefore attempting to get Spotify to “deplatform” America’s most polarizing podcaster can’t be anything of the sort. Yes, people are trying to censor Joe Rogan. She was also the president of PEN Americaīhaskar Sunkara: ‘This is an attempt to censor Joe Rogan’ But if he agrees to remain, the solution (and the publicity it generates) would turn the Rogan podcast from a bad thing into a good one and maybe save a few lives.įrancine Prose is the author, most recently, of The Vixen. If Joe Rogan objects, he can leave Spotify and take his show elsewhere. ![]() This warning should be repeated, word for word, every five minutes during the Rogan podcast. If you believe these lies and act on them, you are gambling with your life and the lives of all the people you love.” The electronic voice should say: “What you are about to hear about Covid and the vaccine is total and absolute bullshit. Before Rogan’s podcast, there should be an announcement, not by Rogan himself, but by the painfully loud, electronic bear-horn voice that interrupts our regular broadcasts with hurricane warnings and Amber alerts. First he goes, then someone else’s podcast seems … sketchy, and there’s that slippery slope. Rogan should stay on Spotify, though with his $100m salary sensibly brought in line with that of, let’s say, an NPR intern. But I myself believe that free speech is indivisible. I admire the musicians who have withdrawn their music from Spotify in protest over the spread of Covid misinformation on Joe Rogan’s podcast. For this, a much more challenging approach is needed, which accepts Rogan and Spotify for what they ultimately are, nihilist capitalists driven by greed, and focuses primarily on their potential audiences instead.Ĭas Mudde is a Guardian US columnist and the Stanley Wade Shelton UGAF professor in the school of public and international affairs at the University of Georgiaįrancine Prose: ‘Don’t silence Rogan. But it does not weaken the breeding ground. It shifted the cost-benefit analysis of the controversy and pushes grifters like Rogan and their promoters like Spotify away from the most egregious disinformation. This is not to say that the boycott of Neil Young and other artists wasn’t useful – it was. ![]() As long as there is a mass demand, you can neither ban nor boycott your way out of disinformation. The real problem is not the supply of disinformation but the demand for it. In fact, this problem is much larger than a disinformation-spreading grifter with millions of listeners. ![]() Just like the current Republican party, they live off liberal outrage rather than any consistent political message. The symptom of a society in which pandering to a mostly rightwing, but certainly anti-left, minority can be highly profitable. Joe Rogan is not the problem, he is the symptom. Obviously, that will not end the disinformation on his show, on Spotify, or on the many other platforms (like YouTube). ![]()
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