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Re:Joe Rogan, confined to Spotify, is losing influence by pjc50 on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @05:24PM (#28307235)
Interviewing libelous crackpots gives them influence. Without interviews, they're seldom influential.
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Re:Joe Rogan, confined to Spotify, is losing influence by ErikVandeWater on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @06:49PM (#28308190)
I'm pretty sure Alex Jones has a big platform for himself.
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Re:Joe Rogan, confined to Spotify, is losing influence by thehappypm on Thursday August 26, 2021 @10:15AM (#28315247)
This is the exact opposite of what’s happening.

Because there’s so little cross pollination today everyone lives in a bubble. If your Facebook is full of right-wing stuff, you only watch Fox News and only listen to Larry Elder, you’ve got an echo chamber, breeding ground for radicalization.

Having a wide variety of guests actually fights that. You listen to Bernie Sanders, then Alex Jones, then Ben Shapiro, then Edward Snowden. Rogan breaks the echo chamber. People who might only listen to Alex Jones have a chance at listening to Bernie.

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