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Joe Rogan vows to 'balance things out' after Spotify misinformation controversy

• https://news.yahoo.com, Wendy Lee, Matt Pearce

"I'm going to do my best, but my point of doing this is always just to create interesting conversations, and ones that I hope people enjoy," Rogan said in a nine-minute video statement released on Spotify and on his Instagram page. "So if I piss you off, I'm sorry and if you enjoyed the podcast, thank you."

Rogan has been the center of a firestorm of controversy surrounding how Spotify manages misinformation about COVID-19 on its audio platform.

Recent episodes of "The Joe Rogan Experience" raised alarm among people in the medical community, prompting major artists including Neil Young and Joni Mitchell to pull their music from Spotify to put pressure on the streaming service to take more action.

Rogan said Sunday that he agreed with Spotify's plans to put a disclaimer on certain podcast episodes that deal with COVID. The podcast host said such disclaimers would inform his audience if guests have opinions contrary to the consensus of experts. He also said he would be open to having guests with differing opinions after the controversial ones.


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