Joe Rogan Responds to Backlash After Sharing COVID Misinformation on His Spotify Podcast

Joe Rogan is addressing the controversy surrounding his Spotify podcast.

Because the begin of the COVID-19 pandemic, Joe, 54, has been taking to his podcast, The Joe Rogan Expertise, to share misinformation in regards to the virus and vaccine, telling younger those that they don’t must get vaccinated.

Only in the near past, Neil Younger pulled all of his music off of Spotify after he gave the streaming service an ultimatum to both selected retaining his music on their service or Joe‘s podcast. A number of different musicians adopted in Neil‘s footsteps and likewise pulled their music from Spotify.

Whereas Spotify determined to maintain Joe‘s podcast up, they up to date platform guidelines, together with including a content material advisory to podcast episodes that comprise discussions about coronavirus.

On Sunday (January 30), Joe posted a virtually 10-minute video on his Instagram addressing criticism surrounding his content material.

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“Now, due to this controversy … Neil Younger has eliminated his music from the platform of Spotify and Joni Mitchell and apparently another individuals need to as properly,” Joe stated. “I’m very sorry that they really feel that means. I most definitely don’t need that. I’m a Neil Younger fan, I’ve all the time been a Neil Younger fan.”

Joe went on to say that he agrees with Spotify’s determination to incorporate a disclaimer on podcast episodes, earlier than promising to make extra of an effort to “stability out” the controversial opinions on his present.

“My pledge to you is that I’ll do my finest to attempt to stability out these extra controversial viewpoints with different individuals’s views, in order that we will possibly discover a higher standpoint,” Joe stated. “I don’t need to simply present the opposite opinion to what the narrative is. I need to present all types of opinions in order that we will all determine what’s happening…”

Joe continued, “I do all of the scheduling myself, and I don’t all the time get it proper. These podcasts are very unusual as a result of they’re simply conversations, and oftentimes I don’t know what I’m going to speak about till I sit down to speak to individuals, and that’s why a few of my concepts are usually not that ready or fleshed out as a result of I’m actually having them in actual time. However I do my finest.”

Joe concluded his message by giving a shout-out to his “haters.”

“If I pissed you off, I’m sorry. And for those who loved the podcast, thanks,” Joe stated. “Thanks all of the supporters and even thanks to the haters as a result of it’s good to have some haters. It makes you reassess what you’re doing and put issues into perspective and I feel that’s good too.”

In case you missed it, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle lately spoke out on the unfold of COVID misinformation on Spotify.