![]() ![]() Want a daily wrap-up of all the news and commentary Salon has to offer? Subscribe to our morning newsletter, Crash Course.Įarlier this year, Spotify removed 70 episodes of "The Joe Rogan Experience" due to racist language. Rogan has mocked trans women athletes, misgendered United States Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine, expressed support for Florida's " Don't Say Gay" legislation and spread the fallacy that queer teachers sexually "groom" children. Rogan has also been transphobic and homophobic on his podcast, as The GLAAD Accountability Project and others have documented. Early this year, a compilation was shared where Rogan used the N-word about two dozen times on his show, and also referred to Black people with demeaning stereotypes. Rogan's controversies did not start with COVID - and they have not ended with it, either. Robert Malone, whose interview caused such a backlash, a petition circled, signed by multiple medical professionals, calling for Spotify to remove Rogan's podcast due to his spread of misinformation. He has hosted multiple anti-vaccine talking heads on his show, including Alex Berenson and Dr. After contracting the virus himself, he said on the air that he had taken ivermectin - and offered to buy fans fake vaccine cards. He came under fire last year for spreading misinformation about COVID on his show. Rogan, a former comedian, actor, sports pundit and host of the reality show "Fear Factor," launched his podcast in 2009. Spotify stands by Joe Rogan, despite latest N-word debacle and losing more artists and subscribers ![]()
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