"We would be in very serious trouble right now without Joe Rogan and Spotify’s courage," read a tweet from podcaster and frequent Joe Rogan Experience guest, Bret Weinstein. In response to the letter, Rogan's fans attempted to signal boost their own praise for the podcaster in an attempt to drown out the criticism.
During an April 2021 episode of the podcast, for example, Rogan claimed that young, healthy people shouldn't prioritize getting the COVID-19 vaccine and called vaccinating children "crazy to me." The open letter continues to mention other examples of Rogan's COVID misinformation. Many of these statements have already been discredited." Malone used the JRE platform to further promote numerous baseless claims, including several falsehoods about COVID-19 vaccines and an unfounded theory that societal leaders have “hypnotized” the public. Robert Malone, who was suspended from Twitter for spreading misinformation about COVID-19," reads the letter. Malone claimed "mass formation psychosis," what he claims means when society goes "barking mad," was to blame for the response to the pandemic.Įxperts have debunked this "mass formation psychosis" claim. The episode went viral on social media after Dr. Robert Malone, who claims to be the "inventor" of mRNA vaccine technology. " Spotify has a responsibility to mitigate the spread of misinformation on its platform."Īn epidemiologist at University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health, Katrine Wallace, even went further in her own comments to Rolling Stone, saying she considers Rogan to be "a menace to public health." "With an estimated 11 million listeners per episode, JRE is the world’s largest podcast and has tremendous influence," it continues. "We are a coalition of scientists, medical professionals, professors, and science communicators spanning a wide range of fields such as microbiology, immunology, epidemiology, and neuroscience and we are calling on Spotify to take action against the mass-misinformation events which continue to occur on its platform," reads the letter. The letter, which was first reported by Rolling Stone, focused on Rogan's popular show, the Joe Rogan Experience, which has been a source of misinformation surrounding COVID-19 throughout the pandemic. Last week, 270 doctors, scientists, and professors published an open letter to the audio streaming giant demanding that the company create an official policy around misinformation. Podcaster Joe Rogan is once again causing problems for the company that pays him $100 million: Spotify.
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