I know of someone who says they listen to Joe Rogan podcasts (political I assume) but I don’t know what this means or what the connotations are. Both this person and I live in east asia.

  • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
    193·
    1 year ago

    OMG now you sound like him. “They want to silence this!”

    I said nothing about disallowing discussion. Or any other action that should be taken. We have someone here asking what’s up with JRE and I’m telling them. Are you trying to silence me!!! You want to censor this!!!

    But more seriously:

    Is it possible for media to spread disinformation? Can that be dangerous?

    These are unambiguous “yes” and “yes” answers. And that’s what happens with this show. Period.

    • UnderwaterSwift@sh.itjust.works
      41·
      1 year ago

      Lol nobody is silencing him, he’s getting paid 100 mil from Spotify and has creative control.

      And he’s podcast not the news. I’m pro podcast just like I’m pro fediverse. The fact an independent creator can reach such heights should be celebrated. But as much as you want to be uncle Ben from spiderman, just because his podcast becomes popular doesn’t mean he now needs to change how he is.

      Dudes been talking about ufos for years but now is that no longer “disinformation” because congress had a hearing on it?

      So dumb. If people want to talk about ghosts and goblins let them. If this is more of a “we have to stop hateful ideology” thing, It kind of sounds like you need to listen to someone like Daryl Davis a bit.

      • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        1 year ago

        One way I celebrate his great heights is by treating him as the major media source he is. You want to have it both ways: celebrate his massive success but treat him like just some jackass talking about conspiracies. #unclebenwasright