Though not directly proceeding the controversial doctors, Rogan has featured Dr. He admitted in his apology, if there’s something he could do better, it’s having expert guests on episodes right after the more controversial ones. Do I get things wrong? Absolutely, I get things wrong, but I try to correct them.” He added, “I am interested in having interesting conversations with people who have different opinions.”

I am a person who sits down and talks to people and has conversations with them. Rogan said in an Instagram apology, “I do not know if they’re right. McCullough, a cardiologist and former vice chief of internal medicine at Baylor University Medical Center, and Malone, a virologist, have both been vocal opponents of the COVID-19 vaccine and have questioned the efficacy of vaccines. Peter McCullough and in the other one, Dr.

The episodes in question, launching the recent backlash, are from December 2021.

At the end of the day, Rogan is producing entertainment, not news. Rogan has stated he wants to have open and free conversations and has hosted a plethora of guests to stimulate entertaining content. Rogan prompted a defense by saying these clips have existed for years, so why are they resurfacing now? He believes it is an attempt to stop him from going against traditional media’s narrative, especially around COVID-19. A clip also resurfaced with Rogan describing a Black neighborhood as the “Planet of the Apes.” Rogan’s defense is these comments and usage of the slur were years ago and the compilation provides no context, but he knows how wrong it was. Recently, a compilation video displayed Rogan using the n-word over 20 times across the span of 12 years in his podcast. The podcaster has been in hot water for some episodes on his podcast containing “dangerous misinformation” and is also being labeled a racist. Rogan, a comedian and Ultimate Fighting Championship commentator, has been making his “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast since 2009 and signed a deal with Spotify worth more than $100 million in 2020. As people examine Spotify due to Rogan’s recent comments, a lot of questions are being asked regarding censorship, freedom of opinion and racism online. Currently, the company is facing backlash due to their decision to stand behind one of their creators, Joe Rogan. Since its launch in 2006, Spotify has been no stranger to controversy.

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