Rogan Won’t Be Silenced
Joe Rogan will remain on Spotify despite recent controversies spurring from his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience.
The longtime comedian and UFC commentator issued apologies on Instagram this past month after musician Neil Young gave Spotify an ultimatum. Young declared that the platform could only have one of them after he caught wind of COVID-19 related anti-vaccine comments that came from Rogan’s show. Joni Mitchell also joined Young in the removal of their library on Spotify.
Additionally, clips of Rogan using the N-word on various episodes of his podcast from years prior would be brought to light. Rogan apologized for those instances as well.
In 2020, Rogan signed a $100 million deal to exclusively host his podcast on Spotify. Per Axios, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek released a memo Monday addressing the recent issues surrounding Rogan.
“Spotify Team,
“There are no words I can say to adequately convey how deeply sorry I am for the way The Joe Rogan Experience controversy continues to impact each of you. Not only are some of Joe Rogan’s comments incredibly hurtful – I want to make clear that they do not represent the values of this company. I know this situation leaves many of you feeling drained, frustrated and unheard.
“I think it’s important you’re aware that we’ve had conversations with Joe and his team about some of the content in his show, including his history of using some racially insensitive language. Following these discussions and his own reflections, he chose to remove a number of episodes from Spotify. He also issued his own apology over the weekend."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mma/rogan-won-t-be-silenced/ar-AATA2FB
*******************************************Censors step in after Weibo users savage Chinese figure-skater Zhu Yi over fall at Winter Olympics
China's censors appear to have stepped in after a naturalised US-born figure-skater was savaged online after falling flat on the ice and finishing last at the Beijing Games.
Nineteen-year-old Beverly Zhu — who was raised in the United States but now competes for China under the name Zhu Yi — suffered a meltdown in the women's short program team event on Sunday.
She fell twice during her Olympic debut, which nearly cost the Chinese team their place in the next round of the competition. Zhu came last and the team dropped from third to fifth place.
"I'm upset and a little embarrassed," Zhu said after the event, wiping away tears. "I felt a lot of pressure because I know everybody in China was pretty surprised with the selection for the women's singles and I just really wanted to show them what I was able to do it, but unfortunately I didn't."
There was little sympathy for Zhu, with the hashtag #ZhuYiFellOver reportedly gaining more than 230 million views on Chinese social media platform Weibo soon after the event.
Social media users slammed her nervous performance and questioned her selection for the team.
A hashtag trending on social media that was being used to slam Zhu's performance appears to have been deactivated
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1 comment:
The dreaded n-word, well, context matters, and lefties leave that well out when doing their theatrics about Rogan's podcast. At the end of the day lefties yet again want those they disagree with to be silenced - so they cannot commit any more linguistic crimes.
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