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I like the JRE podcast a lot, but I come for the guests. Joe Rogan is an entertainer and taking what he says on the podcast as authoritative "news" is poor judg

by doopy1 6y ago

I like the JRE podcast a lot, but I come for the guests. Joe Rogan is an entertainer and taking what he says on the podcast as authoritative "news" is poor judgement.

JesseObrien 6y ago
I've always looked at it this way as well. Echoing some other commenters here, I don't understand why he's polarizing. I haven't heard he himself present a lot of polarizing views on things. His guests on the other hand, some are absolutely off the charts in terms of how polar their views are. The reason his podcast is popular is because his guests are almost always interesting and contrary to a LOT of media in our era, he lets them speak. I think the viewpoint that somehow there's a cult of Joe Rogan followers who listen in only to hear Joe's POV on things is really tonedeaf.
- dogma1138 6y ago
  He is polarizing because some people think he is perpetuating what to them is “wrong think”, sadly that notion comes primarily form the more left leaning people in society, the amount of times I’ve heard him described as Alt-Right and thinking really? What Joe reminds me is of is the era of old school broadcasting where you had giants like Mike Wallace who were willing to interview pretty much anyone of note. And while Joe’s format is pretty much free form rather than researched guided interview it’s very different than what you have on the media today where you have essentially people form only one side of the spectrum or worse the BBC style of “balance” where on each subject they’ll get the two biggest loons they can find to balance eachother out. IDGAF that Alex Jones was on his show I didn’t watch that episode because he doesn’t interest me, just like I didn’t watch the episodes with Abby Martin who’s pretty much the left wing version of Jones.
bassman9000 6y ago
taking what he says No one that knows this podcast takes JR serious on anything else than MMA/fighting, hunting, or the stand up comedy world. Guests supply everything else, which is the point of bringing in people so different to each other.
- BTCOG 6y ago
  Exactly. It's not a news program, it's a podcast for entertainment. It kind of takes a special kind of something to believe anything otherwise. Go read a mathematics textbook if you want authoritative news.
m463 6y ago
I think there's an art to getting a good interview and I think people misjudge him. I remember reading a quote that said "the golden rule of conversation is to know nothing accurately."
me_me_me 6y ago
Well he agrees with you, I remember him saying the exact thing about himself. Something along the lines: > I am a moron and you shouldn't trust anything I say, I am a comedian having fun talking to people
BTCOG 6y ago
It is a talk show podcast. It's not a news program and I often see this conflated to the point that people say things as you've just said "not to take it as authoritative news." Nobody with a brain is doing that, and further more, there is no authoritative news. We are at a point where everyone wants to be an internet celebrity for likes and social clout and where the government agencies and employees themselves have been spreading their own forms of misinformation. I'll never forget for the rest of my life how the Surgeon General both __tweeted__ and went on national news coverage to tell people to stop buying masks, we don't need them. That's your scammy, bullshit "authoritative news."

by doopy1 6y ago

I like the JRE podcast a lot, but I come for the guests. Joe Rogan is an entertainer and taking what he says on the podcast as authoritative "news" is poor judgement.

JesseObrien 6y ago

I've always looked at it this way as well. Echoing some other commenters here, I don't understand why he's polarizing. I haven't heard he himself present a lot of polarizing views on things. His guests on the other hand, some are absolutely off the charts in terms of how polar their views are. The reason his podcast is popular is because his guests are almost always interesting and contrary to a LOT of media in our era, he lets them speak. I think the viewpoint that somehow there's a cult of Joe Rogan followers who listen in only to hear Joe's POV on things is really tonedeaf.

dogma1138 6y ago
He is polarizing because some people think he is perpetuating what to them is “wrong think”, sadly that notion comes primarily form the more left leaning people in society, the amount of times I’ve heard him described as Alt-Right and thinking really? What Joe reminds me is of is the era of old school broadcasting where you had giants like Mike Wallace who were willing to interview pretty much anyone of note. And while Joe’s format is pretty much free form rather than researched guided interview it’s very different than what you have on the media today where you have essentially people form only one side of the spectrum or worse the BBC style of “balance” where on each subject they’ll get the two biggest loons they can find to balance eachother out. IDGAF that Alex Jones was on his show I didn’t watch that episode because he doesn’t interest me, just like I didn’t watch the episodes with Abby Martin who’s pretty much the left wing version of Jones.

bassman9000 6y ago

taking what he says No one that knows this podcast takes JR serious on anything else than MMA/fighting, hunting, or the stand up comedy world. Guests supply everything else, which is the point of bringing in people so different to each other.

BTCOG 6y ago
Exactly. It's not a news program, it's a podcast for entertainment. It kind of takes a special kind of something to believe anything otherwise. Go read a mathematics textbook if you want authoritative news.

m463 6y ago

I think there's an art to getting a good interview and I think people misjudge him. I remember reading a quote that said "the golden rule of conversation is to know nothing accurately."

me_me_me 6y ago

Well he agrees with you, I remember him saying the exact thing about himself. Something along the lines: > I am a moron and you shouldn't trust anything I say, I am a comedian having fun talking to people

BTCOG 6y ago

It is a talk show podcast. It's not a news program and I often see this conflated to the point that people say things as you've just said "not to take it as authoritative news." Nobody with a brain is doing that, and further more, there is no authoritative news. We are at a point where everyone wants to be an internet celebrity for likes and social clout and where the government agencies and employees themselves have been spreading their own forms of misinformation. I'll never forget for the rest of my life how the Surgeon General both __tweeted__ and went on national news coverage to tell people to stop buying masks, we don't need them. That's your scammy, bullshit "authoritative news."