Posted on Jan 22, 2022
What the Joe Rogan podcast controversy says about the online misinformation ecosystem
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https://www.npr.org/2022/01/21/ [login to see] /joe-rogan-doctor-covid-podcast-spotify-misinformation
An open letter urging Spotify to crack down on COVID-19 misinformation has gained the signatures of more than a thousand doctors, scientists and health professionals spurred by growing concerns over anti-vaccine rhetoric on the audio app's hit podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience.
The medical and scientific experts slammed Rogan's track record of airing false claims about the coronavirus pandemic, vaccines and unproven treatments, calling it "a sociological issue of devastating proportions." Spotify, they say, has enabled him.
While audio apps so far have escaped the scrutiny that has befallen social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, the pressure on Spotify illustrates how podcasts have emerged as an influential source of misinformation.
In a December episode of his podcast, Rogan interviewed Dr. Robert Malone, a scientist who worked on early research into the mRNA technology behind top COVID-19 vaccines, but who is now critical of the mRNA vaccines.
Malone made baseless and disproven claims, including falsely stating that getting vaccinated puts people who already have had COVID-19 at higher risk.
An open letter urging Spotify to crack down on COVID-19 misinformation has gained the signatures of more than a thousand doctors, scientists and health professionals spurred by growing concerns over anti-vaccine rhetoric on the audio app's hit podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience.
The medical and scientific experts slammed Rogan's track record of airing false claims about the coronavirus pandemic, vaccines and unproven treatments, calling it "a sociological issue of devastating proportions." Spotify, they say, has enabled him.
While audio apps so far have escaped the scrutiny that has befallen social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, the pressure on Spotify illustrates how podcasts have emerged as an influential source of misinformation.
In a December episode of his podcast, Rogan interviewed Dr. Robert Malone, a scientist who worked on early research into the mRNA technology behind top COVID-19 vaccines, but who is now critical of the mRNA vaccines.
Malone made baseless and disproven claims, including falsely stating that getting vaccinated puts people who already have had COVID-19 at higher risk.
What the Joe Rogan podcast controversy says about the online misinformation ecosystem
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I've been looking at the stuff on GETTR. My, oh my is it a cesspool of misinformation. Even Trump turned down a nine figure offer to join the site.
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Bullshit travels at lightning speed while truth moves much slower. Bullshit has time to entrench and prepare its position before truth ever gets there. When you are combatting bullshit, you are engaging a defense in depth. Use appropriate tactics.
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Only those who exhibit primary cognitive processing are internalizing his misinformation. Those who exhibit higher cognitive capacities will not ever tune him in.
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