The growing clamor surrounding Joe Rogan is drawing reactions across social media, with Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times journalist and 1619 Project founder, equating the Joe Rogan Experience podcast to “open racism.”
Hannah-Jones took to Twitter to question why people find Rogan’s podcast appealing, but she has since deleted her tweet.
“With respect, I don’t get this,” Hannah-Jones wrote. “We need to understand why millions of Americans don’t mind the open racism? It’s not a mystery. Been reporting on it for years. So, what do we do with that?”
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— Sarah Haider ?? (@SarahTheHaider) January 31, 2022
The 1619 Project founder had posted her tweet in response to fellow New York Times reporter Matthew Rosenberg’s comment suggesting that members of “the media might want to spend more time thinking about why so many people trust him instead of us.”
Joe Rogan is what he is. We in the media might want to spend more time thinking about why so many people trust him instead of us.
— Matthew Rosenberg (@AllMattNYT) January 30, 2022
This is not the first time Hannah-Jones has called out racism in situations that conservatives celebrate.
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In November, Hannah-Jones attacked those celebrating the Kyle Rittenhouse acquittal as a victory for Second Amendment rights.
“In this country, you can even kill white people and get away with it if those white people are fighting for black lives,” Hannah-Jones tweeted. “This is the legacy of 1619.”
In this country, you can even kill white people and get away with it if those white people are fighting for Black lives. This is the legacy of 1619.
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) November 19, 2021
The criticism has not deterred Rogan. In an Instagram post, the podcast host said he remains interested in hearing from people with differing opinions and is uncomfortable with rushing to call something “misinformation.”
“The problem I have with the term misinformation, especially today, is that many of the things that we thought of as misinformation just a short while ago are now accepted as fact,” Rogan said. ‘Like, for instance, eight months ago, if you said, ‘If you get vaccinated, you can still catch COVID, and you can still spread COVID,’ you’d be removed from social media. They would. They would ban you from certain platforms.”
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Rogan said he recently featured controversial Drs. Peter McCullough and Robert Malone on his podcast, but he has also interviewed Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s chief medical correspondent, and Dr. Michael Osterhom, a member of President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 advisory board.
