Joe Rogan apologizes to Spotify over backlash and promises to 'balance things out'
In his video, Rogan said that those guests are"highly credentialed, very intelligent, very accomplished people, and they have an opinion that is different from the mainstream narrative. I wanted to hear what their opinion is." He also disputed the episodes being labeled"misinformation," saying that many of their opinions are shared by mainstream listeners.
Rogan has also drawn criticism for spreading COVID-19 misinformation himself. He has said that hospitals are financially motivated to record COVID as the cause of death, and has promoted the anti-parasitic treatment ivermectin as a means of treating COVID symptoms — something that the US Food and Drug Administration has called""’I'm not a doctor. I’m not a scientist. I’m just a person who sits down and talks to people and has conversations with them," he said.
Rogan said he agrees with Spotify's plan to apply advisory labels to episodes related to COVID-19, and promised to have experts with differing opinions following controversial guests."I will do my best to try to balance out these more controversial viewpoints with other people’s perspectives so we can maybe find a better point of view," he said.
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