Joe Rogan apologized to Spotify and half-apologized to Neil Young and Joni Mitchell in a row over COVID-19 misinformation

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[alexander_busek]

In a video posted to Instagram Sunday, Rogan said of Young and Mitchell: "I'm very sorry that they feel that way. I most certainly don't want that."

Why so conciliatory?!

Does Rogan think for a minute that Young or Mitchell would ever say even only a halfway decent thing about him?!

Regards,

[Karliner]

Ha ha not an apology. Screw the old Maoist hippies.

[Quentin Quarantino]

Birds of a feather cuck together.

Rogan’s a lib con man, just like Maher. He plays the part of the honest truth-seeker but is really a Fellow Traveler, first and foremost, and will bend the knee when the script calls for it.

[coloradan]

“I’m sorry Neil and Joni are aligning themselves with the fascists and want to eliminate free speech and, with it, all dissenting voices - such as their own, when they were younger.”

[dfwgator]

It’s called “Controlled Opposition”.

[JonPreston]

Apologies never work, Joe.

It pains me to say this but game, set, match awarded to communist Neil Young.

[PGR88]

I don’t take it as an apology. Its a milquetoast statement of regret for the controversy

Rogan is a top media figure now. His listeners dwarf MSM channel viewers by something like 10X- 20X.

I’m sure he’ll rip into them on his podcast when he has the chance.

[dforest]

He is a caving. He is a joke. I hope the whole site falls with him.

[Pxzftrnqfrn]

Rogan pu$$ed out

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In a video posted to Instagram Sunday, Rogan said of Young and Mitchell: "I'm very sorry that they feel that way. I most certainly don't want that."

"I'm very sorry they feel that way" is not an apology.

[1Old Pro]

“I’m sorry Neil and Joni are aligning themselves with the fascists and want to eliminate free speech and, with it, all dissenting voices - such as their own, when they were younger.”

"They paved paradise, put up a parking lot for a testing site"

[dforest]

Read the whole thing. He is a weak sauce cuck to the left.

[struggle]

Not an apology. Just sorry that they feel that way.

[Alberta's Child]

I’ll offer two possibilities:

1. His $100 million contract with Spotify is not without risk. If the company goes out of business, he’s out of luck.

2. His $100 million contract may include cash and a financial stake in Spotify. See #1 for the implications of that.

For the record … I don’t use Spotify (I barely even know what it is) and I have never watched a minute of Joe Rogan on any platform.

[SmokingJoe]

Except there is NO apology.
Its like saying, “I am sorry you are stupid and foolish. I most certainly don’t want you to be that way”.

FAKE NEWS!!

[enumerated]

Nothing wrong with being empathetic. He’s not conceding any ground at all - just expressing regret that Spotify has to deal with these snowflake celebrities.

As for his “half-apology” to the celebrities - it wasn’t an apology at all.

It was basically saying “sorry you feel that way”.

[EastTexasTraveler]

"A backlash from scientists and health professionalscommunist 'scientists' and communist 'health professionals'"

[mylife]

now Nils Lofgren and Bruce Spingsteen are piling on

[Honcho]

A better idea would have been for him to invite them on the show to point out what they feel is disinformation. These half apologies make him look weak.