The same reason Howard Stern ridiculed podcasters - 'the media' is threatened by anyone who isn't part of 'the media' but can take a chunk of their audience awa

The same reason Howard Stern ridiculed podcasters - 'the media' is threatened by anyone who isn't part of 'the media' but can take a chunk of their audience away. Joe Rogan's podcast is not about politics, the only people upset with a dude who likes to tell jokes and has a sensible set of opinions, are people who don't like anyone who has a set of opinions that happens to differ from theirs on subjects they 'deeply care about'.