The 70 episodes removed Friday were originally recorded between 2009 and 2018 — before the COVID-19 pandemic. A controversy over coronavirus misinformation on Rogan’s podcast has boiled over in the last two weeks, spurring Neil Young and others to demand that their songs get pulled from Spotify., saying that “I find Joe Rogan problematic for reasonsthan COVID interviews… For me it’s also his language around race.
It’s unclear whether Spotify removed all 70 of the episodes Friday because of Rogan’s utterance of the racial slur. Reps for Spotify did not immediately respond to a request for more information.early Saturday, responded to the supercut of him saying the N-word on the podcast. He said it was “the most regretful and shameful thing I’ve ever had to talk about publicly,” although he said he has not used the N-word in years.
“It looks fucking horrible, even to me,” Rogan said about the video-clip montage. “I know that to most people, there is no context where a white person is ever allowed to say that word, never mind publicly on a podcast, and I agree with that now,” acknowledging that “it’s not my word to use.” He also said, “I never used it to be racist, because I’m not racist, but whenever you’re in a situation where you have to say ‘I’m not racist,’ you fucked up — and I clearly have fucked up.
of the show he appeared on, “I believe that in that particular episode , Joe had uttered the n-word .”and said he would “try to balance things out” in future episodes. Spotify’s mass removal of additional “JRE” episodes was spotted Friday by right-wing author and podcaster Michael Malice , who noted in a tweet that the streamer had removed two episodes on which he was a guest. Malice directed followers to a
So listen on a different platform?
Is this censorship? I mean the guy said it dozens of times so he should take the heat. ChuckGrassley
wow, he used the n word a lot.
They removed far more than 70, Variety. Check again.
Variety is officially stalking Joe Rogan
Only 1,702 podcast episodes left 😢
NONE of his listeners seemed to have a problem with it before sooooooo that should tell you exactly what type of people like this guy and why this is an issue.
Wonder if OANN pays as well.
This is a PR cleanup, not actual repercussions lmao. Nice try Spotify
Are you sure it was an overreaction, jonstewart?
Did he have to pay back $70M?
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He should be ashamed of himself period! He's racist ,he's encouraging and spreading misinformation and he's not that bright either...I have lost track of how many times he used derogatory terms to describe minorities and black people. He's just 🗑️ and 💩,shame on Spotify as well!
Too little too late. Doesn't mean it anyway. Just apologizing because of backlash.
We can dress this up as progressive, as some are, but this censorship is reactionary behavior by an establishment that wants what it says to be the final word.
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Shady fucking company. Spotify/Uber etc… these tech bros are the worst.
Spotify spends $100 million for Joe Rogan while not making a profit. And not only try to pay as little as possible to artists but Spotify inundated everyone’s playlists with fake artists.
I wonder when it’s appropriate to cancel the president first before we go after a comedian
But I guess biden saying it as he's quoting it from someone else just like rogan did is okay? I don't get it...
With so much canceling and censorship going on, I predict more pirating of content soon. Or maybe deep web talk shows with offensive humor will become a thing.
I bet they did 😡
Why remove KyleKulinski exactly? Free speech is gonski
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