

What has led to this seemingly meteoric rise? The letter cited a Politifact article by Bill McCarthy entitled “ Who is Robert Malone? Joe Rogan’s guest was a vaccine scientist, became an anti-vaccine darling,” which stated that “Malone has promoted several false and misleading claims about the Covid-19 vaccines and pandemic” and provided example. Malone appears to have risen substantially over the past two years. Before 2020, a Google search for “Robert Malone” may have gotten more results for the NFL punter with the same name. Now, before the pandemic, Malone wasn’t exactly a household name or even an apartment-hold, a couch-hold, or a lab-hold name for that matter. The letter specifically called out as an example a December 31, 2021, JRE episode that featured Robert Malone, MD, as a guest. In fact, the letter described what the JRE has been doing as “a sociological issue of devastating proportions and Spotify is responsible for allowing this activity to thrive on its platform.” It called “on Spotify to immediately establish a clear and public policy to moderate misinformation on its platform.”

And now over 270 scientists, doctors, nurses, and other health professionals have signed a petition to Spotify stating that “throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, Joe Rogan has repeatedly spread misleading and false claims on his podcast, provoking distrust in science and medicine.” Hmmm, that doesn’t exactly sound like a fan letter. Schwartz/Getty Images) Getty Imagesįor someone who once said, “I’m not a doctor, I’m a bleeping moron,” and “I’m not a respected source of information, even for me,” Joe Rogan sure keeps talking a lot about Covid-19 on his Spotify podcast, the Joe Rogan Experience (JRE). podcast, provoking distrust in science and medicine.” (Photo by Michael S.

Comedian Joe Rogan has come under fire for "repeatedly spread misleading and false claims on his.
