As Joe Rogan’s platform grows, so does the media and liberal backlash

Re:As Joe Rogan’s platform grows, so does the media and libe... by happytoexplain on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @09:36PM (#24562032)

I'm not sure declining to invite Alex Jones onto one's platform would qualify as forcing one's definition of "the one true way" on others. That's kind of an over-deep reading of that person's character.

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Re:As Joe Rogan’s platform grows, so does the media and libe... by seibelj on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @09:46PM (#24562100)

I was interested in that episode. I thought Jones was batshit crazy before and still thought so after. It wasn’t hurting me to hear Jones speak.

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Re:As Joe Rogan’s platform grows, so does the media and libe... by dilyevsky on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @09:47PM (#24562107)

I haven’t watched anything he did since the Waking Life time so it was interesting to see the downward trajectory there. I hate twitter and other “social” networks with a passion so jre and couple other independent voices are my only window into these sort of cultural phenomenons

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Re:As Joe Rogan’s platform grows, so does the media and libe... by koolba on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @05:52AM (#24565055)

They've been friends for over 20 years. The format of his show is a group of friends having an extended discussion. And love him or hate him, Alex Jones is one of the most interesting people on this planet. It'd be a disservice to his listeners to not invite him on the show.

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Re:As Joe Rogan’s platform grows, so does the media and libe... by UncleMeat on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @08:26AM (#24566162)

> The format of his show is a group of friends having an extended discussion.

Sure. And that doesn't mean it is free from criticism. Rogan's format freely mixes experts, non-experts, and faux-experts in ways that contribute to an overall undervaluing of expertise in our culture. That's worth criticism even if he is friends with a conspiracy nut and wants to shoot the shit.

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Re:As Joe Rogan’s platform grows, so does the media and libe... by antepodius on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @12:04PM (#24629488)

It always comes down to feeding the right message to the plebs, doesn't it?

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Re:As Joe Rogan’s platform grows, so does the media and libe... by raxxorrax on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @05:19AM (#24564812)

But it also doesn't hurt to have him, you don't need to buy his man pills. To declare him dangerous is rather counter-productive. Especially since there are alternatives for that where you never need to see him. So what exactly is the problem?

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