Joe Rogan blasts CNN over Spotify flap: ‘Nobody listens to them’

Joe Rogan as soon as once more took intention at “dishonest” CNN and different legacy media retailers on Thursday, accusing them of taking an “editorial perspective” towards his Spotify podcast in an try to “silence me” and censor his present.

The host of “The Joe Rogan Expertise” known as out CNN media reporter Brian Stelter and primetime host Don Lemon personally, saying: “Cease this editorial perspective with guys like Brian Stelter and Don Lemon that no person listens to.”

Joe Rogan (from left) slammed CNN’s Brian Stelter and Don Lemon throughout his Spotify podcast Thursday, saying that “no person listens” to them.

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Rogan added: “No person is, like, chiming in saying, ‘Oh yeah, lastly we get the voice of purpose.’ No person thinks that.”

He made the remarks throughout Thursday’s episode of his podcast, which included comic Dave Smith.

Rogan stated viewers now not belief CNN, which has struggled within the cable information rankings race, as a result of the community is just not “sincere.”

“When you’re in enterprise and what you are promoting is the information and also you need to get extra individuals to concentrate, you ought to be sincere,” Rogan stated.

Rogan was important of the media protection of “makes an attempt to silence me” after rocker Neil Younger pulled his music from Spotify to protest the podcast’s presence on the platform.

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“And my ideas for CNN, my recommendation to them: I don’t hate CNN. I used to go to them every single day for the information till they begin f—-ng hatin’ on me.” 

“If you wish to do higher, simply f—-ng change your mannequin, change the best way you do it.” 

Rogan has been on the middle of controversy in latest weeks after rocker Neil Younger pulled his music from Spotify to protest the podcaster’s present. Younger and others have assailed Rogan for interviewing medical officers who've been accused of “spreading vaccine misinformation.”

After Younger pulled his content material from the favored streaming platform, different artists like Joni Mitchell and India.Arie adopted swimsuit.

Spotify, which signed Rogan to a $100 million licensing deal in 2020, stated it has no plans to sever ties with the favored podcaster.

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Requires Spotify to chop ties with Rogan intensified even additional over the previous week after viral movies on social media present the host uttering the N-word — although the clips have been spliced in a manner that decontextualized the feedback.

However Spotify’s CEO instructed staffers that whereas he condemned Rogan’s use of racial slurs, he had no plans to terminate the $100 million contract with the favored podcaster, who instructions an viewers of some 11 million listeners.

Spotify tried to appease Rogan critics by culling greater than 100 outdated episodes of the podcast from its platform.