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Liberals have continued their insane attack on Joe Rogan, who is the country’s most popular podcast host with an average of 11 million listeners per episode.
Rogan is accused of spreading alleged coronavirus “misinformation.”
In response, the Biden-appointed U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has requested big tech companies to do the unthinkable by censoring Rogan’s voice.
Appearing on the left-wing network MSNBC, Murthy said Silicon Valley tech companies have an “important role to play” in preventing the spread of alleged coronavirus “misinformation.”
Host Mika Brzezinski said, “What do you think are the best ways to push back on misinformation about COVID that continues to be aggressively pushed, whether it be Joe Rogan’s podcast or all over Facebook?”
“We can have the best science available, we can have the best public health expertise available. It won’t help people if they don’t have access to accurate information,” responded Murthy.
“People have the right to make their own decisions, but they also have the right to have accurate information to make that decision with.”
He urged private companies to use their power to limit the spread of alleged misinformation.
“This is about companies and individuals recognizing that the only way we get past misinformation is if we are careful about what we say and use the power that we have to limit the spread of misinformation,” said Murthy.
The “surgeon general” @vivek_murthy: “Critical part of how we get through this pandemic” is “limiting the spread of misinformation” from shows like @joerogan pic.twitter.com/xexarsaNDN
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) January 25, 2022
Fortunately, networks like CNN and MSNBC averaged significantly less views than Rogan.
CNN recorded over a million viewers in its primetime slots in 2021, which is a fraction of Rogan’s audience.
MSNBC averaged 1.53 million, which is also very far behind Rogan.
Popular Canadian-American rocker Neil Young recently backed an effort to ban Rogan from the streaming platform Spotify.
Young demanded that Spotify remove his music after the platform has refused to blacklist podcaster Joe Rogan.
Young, who supports Joe Biden and Dr. Anthony Fauci, accuses Rogan was “spreading fake information about vaccines.”
Young wrote an open letter to his management team and record label. “I am doing this because Spotify is spreading fake information about vaccines – potentially causing death to those who believe the disinformation being spread by them,” he wrote.
