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Neil Young and Joni Mitchell leave Spotify over Joe Rogan
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The N-word scandal may get him.
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If it does, there's another platform offering to pick him up:
Rumble offers Joe Rogan $100 million to bring show to video platform
Social media platform Rumble has offered Joe Rogan $100 million to bring his popular podcast “The Joe Rogan Experience” to its video platform amid controversy surrounding his show on Spotify.
Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski wrote in an open letter on Monday that he stands with Rogan, who is facing blowback for COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on his show and his past use of racial slurs.
"We stand with you, your guests, and your legion of fans in desire for real conversation," Pavlovski said in his letter.
"So we'd like to offer you 100 million reasons to make the world a better place. How about you bring all your shows to Rumble, both old and new, with no censorship, for 100 million bucks over four years?" he added.
"This is our chance to save the world. And yes, this is totally legit," Pavlovski said.
Rogan signed an exclusive deal with Spotify in 2020 that was reportedly worth more than $100 million and included the show's library dating back 11 years.
The former host of the TV reality series “Fear Factor” has been the center of controversy in recent weeks, forcing Spotify to defend the lucrative relationship.
Musicians Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and others recently removed their music catalogs from the streaming platform in protest of Rogan spreading misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine.
India Arie also pulled her music and shared on social media a compilation video of Rogan saying the n-word around 20 times in old episodes of his podcast.
Spotify said that Rogan then decided to remove more than 70 episodes from the podcast library.
Rogan apologized for the racist remarks in a video on Instagram over the weekend.
“I can’t go back in time and change what I said, I wish I could, obviously that’s not possible, but I do hope this could be a teachable moment for anybody that doesn’t realize how offensive that word could be coming out of a white person’s mouth, in context or out of context.”
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said Rogan's comments were "hurtful" but argued that silencing people was not the proper response, instead promising to invest in a greater diversity of voices on the platform.
Source: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/...n-100-million-to-bring-show-to-video-platform
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Joe is being too magnanimous in his apologies, because it energizes his enemies and their selective outrage, and his apologies come off as a 'confession'.
But today, you can't even discuss the political ramifications of an offensive word without being cited for using that word offensively.
But today, you can't even discuss the political ramifications of an offensive word without being cited for using that word offensively.
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Douglas Murray is a little too conservative for my tastes -- he's sung praises to Mike Pompeo, for godssake, but his bitchy pomposity is often laugh-out-loud funny, reminding me of less disingenuous William F. Buckley and a more disingenuous Gore Vidal rolled into one.
But he briefly weighs in here on the Jimmy Carr kerfuffle and the Joe Rogan thing.
Douglas Murray: 'Jimmy Carr's audience knew what they were getting into' | SpectatorTV - YouTube
But he briefly weighs in here on the Jimmy Carr kerfuffle and the Joe Rogan thing.
Douglas Murray: 'Jimmy Carr's audience knew what they were getting into' | SpectatorTV - YouTube
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Yep, that Joe Rogan fella sure looks racist to me:
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Should I lodge a formal complaint? I don't listen to this raving idiot but now it has made news here in Australia that Joe Rogan has slammed the New South Wales Government for wishing to introduce a law which bans people from growing their own produce. That is false. Watching the video of Joe Rogan discussing the matter and calling Australians " fucking creeps" makes my blood boil. And while discussing this Joe's sidekick could not find any article supporting or disproving Joe's stupidity. Neither of them clearly know how to use Google because in a matter of seconds I found this. I wonder if Joe will so kindly offer a retraction. Of course not.
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Joe Rogan doesn't deal with the truth, he's only interested in being controversial as that attracts the kind of people who listen to his podcast.
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I haven't seen the video in question, but I read the excerpt. Rogan was clearly referring to Australian officials as "fucking creeps," not Australians in general.
Rogan's been wrong before, but at least he's made the disclaimer many times that he's a comedian who isn't always right. I've also seen him correct himself in real time before.
Rogan has interesting conversations, but he also doesn't hide his occasional fallibility. In contrast, dupes who watch mainstream news think they're being given the truth while actually being fed bullshit. The difference is that, unlike Joe Rogan, the mainstream media intentionally misleads people so they will support a political party's horrific agenda.
Rogan's been wrong before, but at least he's made the disclaimer many times that he's a comedian who isn't always right. I've also seen him correct himself in real time before.
Rogan has interesting conversations, but he also doesn't hide his occasional fallibility. In contrast, dupes who watch mainstream news think they're being given the truth while actually being fed bullshit. The difference is that, unlike Joe Rogan, the mainstream media intentionally misleads people so they will support a political party's horrific agenda.
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