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Re: by alanh on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @01:17AM (#29805790)
Can you please explain what was and was not censored here? I think I am missing something.
Re: by finite_jest on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @01:34AM (#29805885)
Malone is not generally recognized as the "inventor of mRNA vaccines" (contrary to his claims). However, he is a pioneer in the field [1], and not just a random crackpot.

I am unsure of how much value his comments are adding right now. I haven't listened to them, and I don't have the expertise to tell. But I think he (like everyone else) should be allowed to speak his mind.

I am not gonna suppress my knee-jerk reaction of not liking people who want to shut others up. This is not an isolated instance. Spotify has censored at least 40 other JRE episodes. [2] That is egregiously paternalistic. There is no way I am ever going to resubscribe to Spotify.

[1]: Nature: The tangled history of mRNA vaccines https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02483-w

[2]: https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/03/30/spotify-joe-roga...

Re: by brnt on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @01:21AM (#29805810)
Let's hope that podcasts once again move off of Spotify and get their proper RSS feeds back.

There's a lot of stuff I can't listen to anymore. I'm not installing Spotify.

Re: by ofou on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @01:00AM (#29805692)
I wonder why we're experiencing this new type of "censorship", from one of the early inventors of mRNA vaccines.

BTW Still possible to listen here: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9wb2RmYXJtLnh5ei9...

Re: by hasty on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @01:23AM (#29805814)
He was not "one of the early inventors of mRNA vaccines". He admitted as much when pressed on it: https://www.logically.ai/factchecks/library/3aa2eefd The only reason anyone started thinking he _had_ invented the mRNA vaccine was his wife editing his Wikipedia article to claim that he had: https://respectfulinsolence.com/2021/07/13/is-mrna-vaccine-i...
Re: by xupybd on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @01:27AM (#29805842)
I'd say he was an early pioneer in the field.
Re: by ofou on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @01:12AM (#29805758)
Just got back, but video now disappeared.
Re: by 1121redblackgo on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @01:20AM (#29805798)
This guy seems to be getting paraded lately by the Grift