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somewhat understandable why people have this view of him and his show. he let's his guests go on about what they think. it's usually a 3hr show. this gives peop
by withdavidli 10y ago
somewhat understandable why people have this view of him and his show. he let's his guests go on about what they think. it's usually a 3hr show. this gives people the perception that he believes in whatever they're saying because he doesn't interrupt his guests all the time.
imo Joe is very open minded, an avg Joe (had to) that is willing to hear people out and is fair handed in contrasting opinions. listening to the one with him, hannibal burris, and sam harris shows that he tries to take emotion out of argument and see where each person is coming from. but other times he'll just repeat things what he has heard other guests has said. for instance drugs that clogs up the blood for bicyclists when he had lance armstrong on.
i wouldn't say his show is scientifically dense though. that really depends on the guest. so when you have a person like rhonda on, yea her field is science and it's going to be dense in that subject matter.
- sigmar 10y agoIsn't giving over airtime on your own show somewhat an endorsement? If you're giving them free advertising, you should probably at least spend some time vetting their credibility. Seems irresponsible to give a platform to moon landing truthers.
- colordrops 10y agoMoon landing truthers get pretty much almost no time with anyone of consequence, so they are already well black listed. Rogan at least lets you see what is inside of the minds of these people, which is fascinating in itself. No subject, no matter how distasteful or apparently false, should be completely eradicated from the human dialog, even if only to reconfirm your distaste for it.
- melloclello 10y agoI kinda have a soft spot for ol' Joe Rogan and I see him hosting moon landing theorists on his show as not unlike Louis Theroux doing a show about UFO nuts. Interestingly enough Rogan did have Theroux on his show once, I was hoping it would be a good interview but it went really badly.
- superbaconman 10y agoWell every major and minor news source in the US gave air time to a climate change denier, birther, and vaccination sceptic. I mean in the grand scheme of things, the JRE is nothing and IMO some of these guests put forth great ideas I would have never considered. Speaking to this article, I'd be interested to hear if any research has explicitly set out to verify the "long telomeres cause cancer" claim.