But experts say that is difficult to defend after Spotify reportedly spent $100 million to become the sole distributor of “The Joe Rogan Experience.” Spotify wants to be viewed as a technology platform that has limited liability for the material that others create and stream through its service - a position shared by many social-media companies. That has left Spotify trying to figure out how to keep podcaster Joe Rogan’s millions of devoted fans happy without further alienating artists and listeners angry about him amplifying vaccine skeptics and using racial slurs. Podcasting has sprouted as an industry with few standards about policing offensive or misleading content. “What dumb shit were you about to do when my stupid idea sounded better? ‘You know that dude who made people eat animal dicks on TV? How does he feel about medicine?’ If you want my advice, don’t take my advice.Like Facebook and Twitter, Spotify is learning the limits of deflecting responsibility for what is said on its platform. “If you’re taking vaccine advice from me, is that really my fault?” he asked. “But it’s kind of weird people will get really mad if you use that word and tweet about it on a phone that’s made by slaves.”Įlsewhere in the set, Rogan seemed to defend his role in the controversy around vaccine misinformation on his podcast, saying he “talk shit for a living”. “I haven’t used that word in years,” he continued. “I put my cursor over the video and I’m like, ‘ Four more minutes?!'” “Even to me! I’m me and I’m watching it saying, ‘Stop saying it!’ Rogan told the crowd. During that set, he discussed the video, saying that even he deemed the clips “racist as fuck” while watching it. The following evening, Rogan returned to the stage for a stand-up set in Austin, Texas. His first addressal came on Monday’s (February 7) episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, where he described the backlash against his use of the racial slur as “a political hitjob” while speaking to his guest, comedian Akaash Singh.ĭetractors, he said, were “taking all the stuff I’ve ever said that’s wrong and smushing it all together”, adding that it forced him to “address some stuff that I really wish wasn’t out there”.
This week, Rogan has addressed the criticism again.
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