My understanding is Neil Y lost his shit when he was informed (no idea how) a group of 200+ MDs requested Spotify put at least a disclaimer of consistently disproven & rejected by the medical community waaaay before COVID. The MDs never asked to censor or remove Rogen. Spotify did nothing. Rogen is not …
My understanding is Neil Y lost his shit when he was informed (no idea how) a group of 200+ MDs requested Spotify put at least a disclaimer of consistently disproven & rejected by the medical community waaaay before COVID. The MDs never asked to censor or remove Rogen. Spotify did nothing. Rogen is not above criticism & neither is Spotify. So old man Neil makes an ultimatum - he leaves Spotify - AND tips Spotify for some kind of shitty sound quality. Joni M joined in a simple way - makes sense given their ages & history. Rogen made a very good “apology” he recognizes “hey yeah, I gotta do some clarification” - should have ended it. CSN shows up late but it’s cool bc it’s them. And CSN are clear. Anyone after that is simple virtue signaling. None of them did shit till it seemed “on brand”.
Rogen shouldn’t be cancelled or censored or whatever-and yet- the fact that very unsmart people get their medical advice from Joe Rogen is not Rogen/Spotifys fault. Kinda not their problem. It sure as shit is their RESPONSIBILITY to clarify what they peddle. Is it news? Entertainment? Unexamined observation? Satire? Rogen isn’t Howard Stern. No one has ever been confused what Howard Stern “peddles”.
I hate self censorship I get so angry with the ex communication style on either side. Viva la debate!
Lol. Rogan seized opportunity from crisis. He publicly invited his Covid critics on the show to discuss their side of the story. Anywhere, anyplace, anytime. Up until now, they have ignored the invites because they hold all of the cards. Now when they don’t show up (even though they will say they are not willing to lower themselves, when the truth is..there are questions that they don’t want to be asked and Joe will ask them) people will start to wonder why they don’t defend their stance in person, if it is so solid, and where we can all hear them do it. It will seem like they are hiding from something. And they are. Nice move, Rogan.
Thank you fir this critical essay.
My understanding is Neil Y lost his shit when he was informed (no idea how) a group of 200+ MDs requested Spotify put at least a disclaimer of consistently disproven & rejected by the medical community waaaay before COVID. The MDs never asked to censor or remove Rogen. Spotify did nothing. Rogen is not above criticism & neither is Spotify. So old man Neil makes an ultimatum - he leaves Spotify - AND tips Spotify for some kind of shitty sound quality. Joni M joined in a simple way - makes sense given their ages & history. Rogen made a very good “apology” he recognizes “hey yeah, I gotta do some clarification” - should have ended it. CSN shows up late but it’s cool bc it’s them. And CSN are clear. Anyone after that is simple virtue signaling. None of them did shit till it seemed “on brand”.
Rogen shouldn’t be cancelled or censored or whatever-and yet- the fact that very unsmart people get their medical advice from Joe Rogen is not Rogen/Spotifys fault. Kinda not their problem. It sure as shit is their RESPONSIBILITY to clarify what they peddle. Is it news? Entertainment? Unexamined observation? Satire? Rogen isn’t Howard Stern. No one has ever been confused what Howard Stern “peddles”.
I hate self censorship I get so angry with the ex communication style on either side. Viva la debate!
Lol. Rogan seized opportunity from crisis. He publicly invited his Covid critics on the show to discuss their side of the story. Anywhere, anyplace, anytime. Up until now, they have ignored the invites because they hold all of the cards. Now when they don’t show up (even though they will say they are not willing to lower themselves, when the truth is..there are questions that they don’t want to be asked and Joe will ask them) people will start to wonder why they don’t defend their stance in person, if it is so solid, and where we can all hear them do it. It will seem like they are hiding from something. And they are. Nice move, Rogan.