Watch: Biden's Surgeon General Suggests Censoring Joe Rogan

Written By BlabberBuzz | Thursday, 27 January 2022 12:00 PM
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Watch: Biden's Surgeon General Suggests Censoring Joe Rogan

Biden's Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, spoke out against Joe Rogan and his podcast on Tuesday in a segment with MSNBC. When asked by Mika Brzezinski about The Joe Rogan Experience, which features interviews with doctors Robert Malone and Peter McCullough, Murthy was unequivocally opposed to Rogan streaming on Spotify.

"Rogan, who hosts the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, has frequently promoted unproven methods for treating COVID-19," Brzezinski began, "and downplayed the need for vaccines. Last year, Spotify purchased his podcast library for an estimated $100 million. Dr. Murthy, what do you think are the best ways to push back on misinformation about COVID that continues to be aggressively pushed whether it be Joe Rogan's podcast or all over Facebook?"

"It's such an important question," Murthy responded, "because we can have the best science available. We can have the best public health expertise available. It won't help people if they do have access to accurate information."

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In July, Murthy called for social media companies to censor what he termed misinformation on COVID. "Misinformation tends to flourish in environments of significant societal division, animosity, and distrust," Murthy said at the time. "Distrust of the health care system due to experiences with racism and other inequities may make it easier for misinformation to spread in some communities. Growing polarization, including in the political sphere, may also contribute to the spread of misinformation."

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Murthy explained his position to Brzezinski, exclaiming "There's something I've always believed as a doctor, that people have the right to make their own decisions. They also have the right to have accurate information to make that decision with.

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"Now when it comes to how we root out the misinformation in society right now, and give people access to accurate information, we've got to do several things. Number one, we've got to recognize that our technology platforms, particularly social media, have an important role to play. These are the predominant places where we're seeing misinformation spread," he went on."

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"These platforms have still not stepped up to do the right thing and do enough, I should say, to reduce the spread of misinformation," Murthy said.

"But each of us also has a role to play here," he went on, "because we all have platforms and particularly if you're somebody who has a large following, whether you're an entertainer, a politician, in the media, it's your responsibility, all of our responsibilities, to make sure that we are thoughtful in what we are sharing.

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"This is not just about entertainment, it's not just about garnering clicks." "So you know we all have— this is not just about what the government can do— this is about companies and individuals recognizing that the only way we get past misinformation is if we are careful about what we say and we use the power that we have to limit the spread of that misinformation. That's going to be a critical part of how we get through this pandemic," Murthy concluded.

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