Travis Tritt: ‘Strange’ Older Musicians Are ‘Now Against’ Free Speech

February 7th, 2022 3:55 PM

Grammy Award-winning Country singer Travis Tritt thinks it’s strange that singers who trumpeted free speech in the 60’s and 70’s are now fighting against it. Travis Tritt Calls Out Musicians For

Spotify CEO Not ‘Silencing’ Rogan, Says Some Episodes Removed

February 7th, 2022 2:23 PM

Music and podcast streaming platform Spotify reportedly explained in a memo to its employees that podcaster Joe Rogan had self-removed some episodes of his podcast after outrage over past language, but warned he should not be silenced.

NYT's Latest Assault on Rival Rogan: Stop Him, ‘Our Health Is at Risk'

February 6th, 2022 7:23 PM

New York Times editorial board member Greg Bensinger called for the massively popular podcaster Joe Rogan to be censored by his hosting platform Spotify in “Spotify Chooses Profits Over Truth.” Bensinger achieved an impressive amount of self-righteous indignation over a podcast interviewer (and Times competitor, given his 11 million regular listeners on Spotify): "The…

Spotify Removed 70 Episodes of Joe Rogan's Podcast

February 5th, 2022 5:09 PM

Reports have indicated that Spotify has removed approximately 70 episodes of “The Joe Rogan Experience.” Many on the left have attacked Rogan for his promotion of alternative treatments of COVID-19. “The apparent removal of the episodes, all of which were recorded years before the pandemic began, was spotted by JREMissing,” CNET originally reported.


 

Popular Podcaster SLAMS Biden WH for its ‘Open War on American Values’

February 4th, 2022 1:29 PM

“Intellectual Dark Web” leader, podcaster, and top investor Eric Weinstein slammed the Biden administration for pressuring Spotify to remove renowned podcast host Joe Rogan from the platform, tweeting, “This is an open war on American Values from the Oval Office.”

Editor’s Pick: Daily Wire on Jon Stewart Defending Joe Rogan

February 4th, 2022 9:57 AM

On Thursday, The Daily Wire’s Virginia Kruta reported: “Comedian Jon Stewart voiced his support for podcaster Joe Rogan during the latest episode of his own podcast, ‘The Problem With Jon Stewart.’” She pointed out how “Stewart explained that, in his mind, Rogan was not an ideologue — and that meant that instead of clinging to a position regardless of any new information, he was willing to…

Censorious NYT Hopes for Perpetual Left-Wing Outrage at Rogan, Spotify

February 3rd, 2022 9:47 AM

New York Times tech reporter-columnist Kevin Roose took on the controversy between hugely popular podcaster-interviewer Joe Rogan and the music-media streaming provider Spotify over supposed misinformation Rogan spread about Covid vaccines in an interview with a controversial doctor. The story dominated the front of Tuesday’s Business section: “Staying Power Of an Uproar.” It wasn’t…

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CensorTrack with TR: When Big Tech Censors Them, You’re Censored, Too

February 2nd, 2022 4:30 PM

It’s Episode Twenty-Three of MRC’s newest video series, CensorTrack with TR. This week we talked about how when Big Tech censors the speech of prominent figures, they’re censoring you, too.

Jen Psaki on Spotify: ‘More That Can Be Done’ to Censor Joe Rogan

February 2nd, 2022 3:50 PM

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki called on music and podcast streaming platform Spotify to tighten its grip on speech to stop so-called “misinformation.” It’s a culture-war tactic often used by the left: Accept some subservience by others to its agenda, but say that’s only a start.

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Rolling Stone RAILS Against Rogan, Peterson for Climate Discussion

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February 1st, 2022 5:05 PM

The left-wing orthodoxy has spoken: Podcast host Joe Rogan must be banished from society. Rolling Stone slammed Rogan and clinical psychologist and University of Toronto professor emeritus Dr. Jordan Peterson in a self-righteous article. Rogan and Peterson’s crime? Having the nerve to discuss climate change and race.

NewsBusters Podcast: Media Demonize Spotify, Glorify SCOTUS Pick

January 31st, 2022 10:14 PM

The pro-Biden media claim to be for “free speech” while they play up left-wing protests demonizing Spotify for airing Joe Rogan’s podcast. CNN is claiming that there’s too much division and conflict in society – just as Biden nominates a black woman for the Supreme Court...apparently everyone should sing Kumbaya and vote Yes.

DOGPILE! Left Demands Spotify Deplatform Joe Rogan for Alleged Misinfo

January 31st, 2022 4:43 PM

Leftists called on Spotify to ban popular podcast host Joe Rogan over alleged COVID-19 “misinformation.” Rogan has interviewed doctors on his show who dissent from the left’s COVID-19 narratives.

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Stelter: Unlike Rogan, If CNN Says So, It Must Be True

January 31st, 2022 4:20 PM

On Monday's installment of At This Hour, CNN chief media correspondent Brian Stelter joined host Kate Bolduan to assert that people can trust CNN to be truthful and accurate because, unlike Joe Rogan, it is a real news operation that cares about facts and information.

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CBS Demands ‘Dangerous’ Rogan Be Censored, But Claims to Love ‘Speech’

January 31st, 2022 2:37 PM

All three major broadcast networks continued on Monday morning to do their part in the push to remove Joe Rogan from the public square over his top-rated Spotify podcast under the guise of COVID-19 falsehoods. In the case of ABC, CBS, and NBC, they ratcheted up the rhetoric from when they first covered it last week, calling his show and views “dangerous” “misinformation” with one implicitly…