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Spotify joe rogan bill maher12/30/2023 Still, there’s something to Rogan’s defense of himself: “If you’re getting vaccine advice from me, is that really my fault?” And despite his regular reminders that he’s a “ fucking moron” who no one should listen to, I have no doubt Rogan’s show has some impact on people’s decision-making in the pandemic, though what and how much exactly is an open question. He’s told young people they don’t need to get vaccinated, promoted widespread use of ivermectin as a treatment for the virus, and generally hosted a collection of right-leaning quacks and cranks hawking various degrees of COVID denial. No one can argue with a straight face Rogan’s show is a reliable source of information when it comes the pandemic. But there’s a more fundamental issue going on here - namely, that censoring Rogan likely wouldn’t do what his most ardent critics want it to, and is at worst a distraction. Usually, in arguing against this kind of thing, I would point to the dangers of letting unaccountable bureaucrats in a profit-seeking company pick what counts as “false and societally harmful assertions” and what doesn’t, especially since they get it wrong or make decisions colored by their own biases so often. Less than two weeks ago, a group of two hundred seventy credentialed figures - most of whom, it seems, aren’t actually medical doctors as some of the headlines suggested - demanded that Spotify censor Rogan, or in their words, “take action against the mass-misinformation events which continue to occur on its platform.” Rogan’s show and other vehicles for “false and societally harmful assertions,” they wrote, “damage public trust in scientific research and sow doubt in the credibility of data-driven guidance offered by medical professionals.” Now the controversy’s drawn in Neil Young, of all people, who has demanded his music be pulled from the streaming service in protest. For the past few weeks, the podcaster and his perch at the audio streaming giant Spotify have been the subject of yet another outcry, this time over his contributions to pandemic vaccine misinformation. Another month, another Joe Rogan controversy.
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