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Re:Spotify employees threaten to strike if Joe Rogan podcast... by istorical on Friday September 25, 2020 @09:40PM (#24595754)
The Joe Rogan Experience isn't a news program. The early days involved getting high, being sponsored by Fleshlight, and having profanity-laden arguments.

In that sense Spotify doesn't need to ensure its 'product' provides truthful information.

It's on society to not treat entertainment as News. Unfortunately, people going to JRE for news isn't Spotify or JRE's fault. It's a cultural problem and you need to solve it at a structural or cultural level.

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Re:Spotify employees threaten to strike if Joe Rogan podcast... by lalaland1125 on Friday September 25, 2020 @10:12PM (#24595898)
If the Joe Rogan Experience isn't a news program, then why do Joe and his guests make so many factual claims (a number of which turn out to be incorrect).

At a certain point, if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and looks like a duck, it's fair to call it a duck. And the JRE certainly tries to present itself as factual and not a complete parody.

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Re:Spotify employees threaten to strike if Joe Rogan podcast... by bananabiscuit on Friday September 25, 2020 @10:50PM (#24596036)
When people talk, statements are made.

I am having trouble imagining a conversation between two people that wouldn’t be considered a news program by your standards. I guess something completely made up like a DnD session?

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Re:Spotify employees threaten to strike if Joe Rogan podcast... by ungamed on Friday September 25, 2020 @10:56PM (#24596061)
If they are not making factual or accurate claims, doesn't that by definition mean its entertainment ?
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