Podcasting legend Joe Rogan recently criticized MSNBC for “deceptively” editing a video to make it seem as if he had praised Vice President Kamala Harris. Rogan, who has maintained a critical stance toward the mainstream media since the pandemic, claimed the outlet is not interested in reporting genuine news but rather crafting a narrative that is appealing to its audience.
The host of the “Joe Rogan Experience” blasted MSNBC, stating, “They don’t care about the truth,” Rogan asserted that the outlet only strives to peddle a narrative that, on the surface, entices readers who won’t dig into the facts. “They just want a narrative to get out there amongst enough people, because most people are just surface readers,” he continued.
Rogan pointed out that MSNBC had taken a clip of him speaking about former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard out of context to make it seem like he was applauding Kamala Harris. “This is what MSNBC did, they took a clip of me talking about Tulsi Gabbard, and they edited it up and made it look like I was saying great things about Kamala Harris,” the host told famous neuroscientist Andrew Huberman during a recent podcast episode.
Huberman was taken aback by the blatantly misleading actions of the news outlet, responding, “Wait, what?” “Yeah,” Rogan said. “They didn’t do it like AI, they just deceptively edited the things that I was saying — took it completely out of context.” Rogan proceeded to outline what exactly MSNBC did to portray his comments deceptively.
“First of all, I was talking about Tulsi Gabbard,” he said about the first clip, explaining that the second clip featured him talking about “the media behind Kamala Harris — all this surge and all these people deciding that she’s good, she could win.” Rogan added, “And they put the two of those [clips] together and made it seem like I was praising Kamala Harris and saying a bunch of things that aren’t even true about her.”
Rogan further stated that he “was talking about Tulsi Gabbard being a Congresswoman for eight years, and about how she served overseas — two deployments in medical units, dealing with people who are blown up from the war.” He emphasized, “That’s not something Kamala Harris did, that’s something Tulsi Gabbard did. I was just saying things about [Gabbard], and they put it out there as a clip of me praising Kamala Harris.”
The podcast host continued, slamming the misleading actions of the news outlet, stating, “They don’t care about the truth. They just want of a narrative to get out there amongst enough people, because most people are just surface readers.” Rogan also dispelled rumors that he is suing MSNBC over their actions. “This has gotten so popular that my fucking stepdad contacted me to tell me he’s happy that I’m suing MSNBC,” he said. Although he told his stepfather, “I’m not suing MSNBC.”
Watch the discussion about MSNBC below:
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