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It appears Meghan Markle and Prince Harry of the British royal family think it’s their new job to tackle “fake news.”
As if Americans care, the pair released a statement denouncing coronavirus “misinformation” allegedly being spread on Spotify. This comes shortly after a number of artists have boycotted the platform over podcaster Joe Rogan.
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.
In their statement, Meghan and Harry claimed “hundreds of millions of people are affected by the serious harms of rampant mis- and disinformation every day.”
“Last April, our co-founders [Meghan and Harry] began expressing concerns to our partners at Spotify about the all too real consequences of COVID-19 misinformation on its platform,” the statement continued.
“We have continued to express our concerns to Spotify to ensure changes to its platform are made to help address this public health crisis.”
In light of the ongoing controversy surrounding @Spotify’s continued support of Joe Rogan, whose podcast has spread proven misinformation about Covid-19 and vaccine efficacy, a spokesperson for Archewell (Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan’s foundation) says: pic.twitter.com/MZE7RqTNxY
— Omid Scobie (@scobie) January 30, 2022
Biden-appointed U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has also 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 fewer 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.
He 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.
