![]() ![]() They’re using some tools to prevent misinformation spreading, and one of those tools is “restricting content’s discoverability” - which should mean that if a podcast like, I don’t know, the Schmoe Schmogen Experience blathers on about how dangerous the SCHMOVID vaccines are, when the best science says something different, Spotify would restrict and limit how that episode could be discovered, making it harder for people to find. (All emphases are mine I’ve put a fuller version of the podcast transcript at the end of this article.)Īnd today, some news: Spotify told us that they are improving things. Since then, aside from a few rebroadcasted eps, Science Vs episodes have focused squarely on Spotify-based misinformation: tackling Rogan’s vaccine takes, Rogan’s thoughts on trans kids, and how other platforms battle it.īut on Friday, a new episode dropped that indicated things were changing. Science Vs editor and I just sent this email to the CEO of Spotify. So on January 31, host/executive producer Wendy Zukerman and editor Blythe Terrell announced a protest: They would make no new episodes of the show “until Spotify implements stronger methods to prevent the spread of misinformation on the platform” - with the exception of episodes “intended to counteract misinformation being spread on Spotify.” Given its pledge to “blow up your firmly held opinions and replace them with science” and “to find out what’s fact, what’s not, and what’s somewhere in between,” Joe Rogan’s whole vibe around the pandemic seemed to be a mismatch. Science Vs began on Australian public broadcasting in 2015, moved to Gimlet Media the following year, and was acquired with the rest of Gimlet by Spotify in 2019. A podcast protestįirst, a little backstory. And it appears that Spotify has made sufficient tentative progress on limiting the spread of misinformation to mollify at least one group’s concerns. Even the White House got involved.īut one key source of resistance was internal - both from employees in general and from one of Spotify’s other podcasts, Science Vs. Not both.” Others with Spotify deals - Roxane Gay, Ava DuVernay, Brené Brown - ended or paused them. ![]() ![]() A request by some staffers for “The Joe Rogan Experience” to receive editorial supervision was denied by the company and Rogan subsequently retweeted a video mocking the employees for being oversensitive.After Spotify’s Joe Rogan Experience released a widely derided episode that made covid vaccines sound as safe as Russian roulette - with a guest who argued the vacinated were victims of “ mass formation psychosis,” a thing that does not exist - there was pushback from many corners.Ī group of doctors and scientists said Spotify enabled Rogan “to damage public trust in scientific research and sow doubt in the credibility of data-driven guidance offered by medical professionals.” Rocker Neil Young famously took his music off the service, saying, “They can have Rogan or Young. While only a subgroup of staff may be upset, their numbers were sufficient to merit a town hall meeting in September to address that they felt Rogan’s show was at times anti-transgender, the Wall Street Journal reported in October. This is far from the first time Rogan has inspired controversy. However, another employee told Insider that it’s only “a loud minority of people who are outraged” at Rogan. “I’m personally bothered by his transphobic comments and am concerned with the way he might spread misinformation,” one Spotify employee wrote last fall on an internal networking channel on the app Fishbowl, Insider reported Tuesday.Ī former employee told the publication that, during his time at Spotify, the decision to sign a deal with Rogan was the most contentious one the company made. ![]() Employee complaints, however, fall on the deaf ears of company executives who paid the 53-year-old comedian more than $100 million to exclusively stream on the platform. Joe Rogan, the notoriously polarizing host of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” America’s most popular podcast in 2020, is upsetting some Spotify staffers, according to a report. Mark Cuban calls Joe Rogan a ‘bully’ over RFK Jr. Joe Rogan praises Trump for Ukraine war stance, slams Democrats: ‘Pep rally for murdering people’Īaron Rodgers rips doctor who Joe Rogan challenged to debate RFK Jr. Joe Rogan slams ‘mentally ill’ Dylan Mulvaney after trans influencer spoke out on Bud Light fiasco ![]()
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