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Re:Why Is Joe Rogan So Popular? by chrisco255 on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @01:30PM (#20759319)
I don't know if you followed the whole "Trump is a Russian Spy" narrative over the past two years, but I see little difference between MSNBC & CNN vs. FOX, except that they play for different teams. I do regret the rise of yellow journalism, but it seems to have occurred as a result of: 1) increased competition for American attention and segmentation of American public 2) 24/7 cable news format and 3) competition with alternative media like YouTube. Ultimately it's the segmentation and the complete fracturing of dialog between the different segments that has led to a breakdown in civility, interesting debate, and moderation.
Re:Why Is Joe Rogan So Popular? by mistermann on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @02:30PM (#20760037)
Aaron Mate had a pretty funny take on the interesting contrast in curiosity and skepticism between media coverage of the Trump/Russia conspiracy theory versus the Epstein story:

https://youtu.be/pXqSTOUwMPg?t=55

It's honestly shocking how much you can learn about what's really going on in the world from watching literal comedians compared to "trustworthy" "journalists". The news is such obvious theater, I suppose the boiled frog theory probably explains how we got to this point with almost no one noticing.

Re:Why Is Joe Rogan So Popular? by chrisco255 on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @03:42PM (#20760868)
Jimmy Dore has been calling it out for years. And I think it's interesting, because he's a pretty progressive person, very left leaning, but he was able to see through the partisanship, which I give him a lot of props for. That doesn't seem easy for people to do these days.