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Biden Surgeon General Suggests Joe Rogan Podcast Should Be Censored: Big Tech ‘Has Important Role To Play’
The Daily Wire ^ | Jan 26, 2022 | Amanda Prestigiacomo

Posted on 01/26/2022 7:37:13 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said Tuesday on MSNBC that not only the government, but Big Tech companies have a role to play when it comes to censoring so-called “misinformation” and curating “accurate” information to the public.

Murthy made the comments after he was specifically asked by MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski about alleged misinformation on Joe Rogan’s highly popular “The Joe Rogan Experience” and general Facebook posts.

“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?” the host asked Murthy, according to The Blaze.

“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,” the Biden-appointed surgeon general answered, adding, “People have the right to make their own decisions, but they also have the right to have accurate information to make that decision with.”

Big Tech companies, Murthy said, have an “important role to play” since they are the “predominant places where we’re seeing misinformation spread.”

“This not just about what the government can do,” he emphasized, “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.”

Legacy media, left-wing activists, and Democrat politicians have routinely called to censor Rogan as his podcast continues to succeed with the general public.

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When the anarchy they want so badly arrives, I have dibs on this guy.
1 posted on 01/26/2022 7:37:13 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

How healthy.

🙃


2 posted on 01/26/2022 7:38:52 PM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Facade falls. Again.

It was a facade but now the state role is being made public.

They used to try to wear a fig leaf to deny violating the first amendment.


3 posted on 01/26/2022 7:40:23 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Just another example of tyrannical behavior from this administration.


4 posted on 01/26/2022 7:41:23 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Not an American

Junta Communist


5 posted on 01/26/2022 7:42:15 PM PST by FlyingEagle
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

That didn’t work out so well for Neil Young.


6 posted on 01/26/2022 7:43:17 PM PST by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll eventually get what you deserve)
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To: Jane Long

How fascist of him.


7 posted on 01/26/2022 7:48:49 PM PST by cockroach_magoo
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“Not an American. Junta Communist”

Agreed, This guy might have papers saying he’s a US citizen, but he is no American.


8 posted on 01/26/2022 7:49:13 PM PST by Jay W
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To: cockroach_magoo

How fascist of this Faucist.


9 posted on 01/26/2022 7:49:31 PM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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That didn’t work out so well for Neil Young.

A southern man don't need him around anyhow.


10 posted on 01/26/2022 7:49:45 PM PST by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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How fascist of this Faustist Faucist!


11 posted on 01/26/2022 7:51:35 PM PST by cockroach_magoo
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Joe Rogan got 100 million UPFRONT from Spotify.

Sure he’d be glad to take the money and run... to another competitor with his millions of listeners.

Look for several other musicians to stand with Neil on this and make a big issue of it. They must shut up ALL dissenting voices because they can’t engage in actual debate.


12 posted on 01/26/2022 7:51:59 PM PST by TigerClaws
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

And his 11 million followers.


13 posted on 01/26/2022 7:53:32 PM PST by waterhill (Resist)
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To: philetus

Lynyrd Skynyrd told us about Young in 1974. He never stopped sucking.


14 posted on 01/26/2022 7:54:49 PM PST by Luke21
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The whole [well, nearly, the Weather Service <10 day forecasts, USGS real-time stream flow, NOAA SnoTel, Forest Service RAWS, etc. seem to be OK at least tough today...] US FED Administrative State has gone over the edge.

MAX Bogosity.


15 posted on 01/26/2022 7:58:28 PM PST by Paladin2
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My money is on Rogan.


16 posted on 01/26/2022 7:59:32 PM PST by griswold3 (When chaos serves the State, the State will encourage chaos)
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To: Jane Long

How fauxist of this Fascist.


17 posted on 01/26/2022 7:59:37 PM PST by Paladin2
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This clown should be one of the first to appear at Nuremberg II.


18 posted on 01/26/2022 7:59:43 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong [FJB])
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through....


19 posted on 01/26/2022 8:00:18 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

For more commentary on this subject:

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20 posted on 01/26/2022 8:14:53 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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