On the most recent episode of the world’s most popular podcast, a moment made possible by the Media Research Center: Joe Rogan and Aaron Rodgers discuss the negative coverage drawn by the DOGEfather, Tesla/SpaceX founder Elon Musk.
Watch as Rogan and Rodgers break down the negative coverage on the latest installment of The Joe Rogan Experience (click “expand” to view full transcript):
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JOE ROGAN: (There was a study that was done) recently that showed that 96% of all the stories that mainstream media prints about Elon are negative. 96%. Meanwhile, the guy saved those fucking people trapped up in space.
AARON RODGERS: Yeah.
ROGAN: You didn't hear a peep about that.
RODGERS: And the shit he does when there's natural disasters with Starlink.
ROGAN: Oh yeah. He's revolutionizing space travel, revolutionizing satellite internet capabilities and the availability all over the world. It's crazy. It's really crazy.
RODGERS: And saving billions of dollars of your tax money…
ROGAN: Right.
RODGERS: …from going to fucking fun, stupid ass programs all over the world.
ROGAN: It's not just stupid ass programs. Some of it is like you don't even know where it went.
RODGERS: It's corruption, too.
ROGAN: He said that some of the money, that there was billions of dollars that was written out with no receipts at all. He said if this was a private company or excuse me, a public company, they would be delisted and all the executives would be thrown in prison. But in the government, it's just like standard practice. Business as usual.
RODGERS: How come nobody has gone to prison? That's one of my main questions for Trump and the administration. It's a good question. Well, what's going on?
Rogan is absolutely right about the media all but refusing to cover the SpaceX rescue of our stranded astronauts beyond the bare minimum. The Elon-deranged media appear to have made it their personal mission to destroy Elon Musk and his companies.
Per the study, carried out by our own Rich Noyes and originally published on April 28th:
While more than four-fifths (82%) of the evaluative comments we tallied focused on President Trump and his policies, the networks also targeted several of the President’s top lieutenants. Topping the list: Elon Musk, whose high-profile role combating government waste was rewarded with nearly entirely negative coverage — 125 hostile comments, vs. just five supportive ones (or 96% negative spin).
Coverage wasn’t better for the Department of Government Efficiency, which garnered 97% negative coverage. There was a cycle wherein DOGE was blamed for practically everything- from layoffs to bad experiences at your local national park. This Elon-deranged coverage helped instigate violent protests that culminated in the firebombing of several Tesla service centers.
This demonization of Musk, called out by Joe Rogan, is the culmination of a process that began when Musk bought Twitter in order to protect free speech: a mission also near and dear to the Media Research Center.
