Coverage dated January 11, 2022 to January 13, 2022

270 Health Experts to Spotify: Joe Rogan's Covid Misinformation Is ‘a Sociological Issue of Devastating Proportions'

Headline from NBC Los Angeles, on the newest of 2 developments

270 doctors, professors, scientists and health care workers signed an open letter to Spotify about Covid misinformation promoted on its most popular show, The Joe Rogan Experience.

NBC Los Angeles's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

Developments in this update

2 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

Jan 12, 2022
Doctors, Scientists Petition Spotify To Stop ‘Joe Rogan Experience’ Covid-19 Misinformation
Headline from Forbes ·
Jan 14, 2022Newest
270 Health Experts to Spotify: Joe Rogan's Covid Misinformation Is ‘a Sociological Issue of Devastating Proportions'
Headline from NBC Los Angeles ·

Read the reports

Reports & sources

17 articles, oldest first.

Rolling Stone
'A Menace to Public Health': Doctors Are Demanding Spotify Pull Down Joe Rogan Covid Lies (opens Rolling Stone)
Published Jan 11, 2022
Rolling Stone's feed description
Unlike many platforms, Spotify doesn’t have a policy prohibiting misinformation. 270 physicians and scientists are hoping to change that
Insider
Joe Rogan interviewed a doctor who's been kicked off Twitter for misinformation. Doctors and scientists say it's time for Spotify to better police its podcasts. (opens Insider)
Published Jan 11, 2022
Insider's feed description
270 experts in health and medicine signed an open letter stating Spotify's role in airing misinformation damages public trust in scientific research.
Engadget
Doctors and scientists call on Spotify to create misinformation policy (opens Engadget)
Published Jan 11, 2022
Engadget's feed description
The doctors and scienighting a pandemic and refuting vaccine misinformation.
NBC Los Angeles
270 Health Experts to Spotify: Joe Rogan's Covid Misinformation Is ‘a Sociological Issue of Devastating Proportions' (opens NBC Los Angeles)
Published Jan 13, 2022
NBC Los Angeles's feed description
270 doctors, professors, scientists and health care workers signed an open letter to Spotify about Covid misinformation promoted on its most popular show, The Joe Rogan Experience.
Forbes
Doctors, Scientists Petition Spotify To Stop ‘Joe Rogan Experience’ Covid-19 Misinformation (opens Forbes)
Published Jan 13, 2022
Forbes's feed description
Over 270 scientists, doctors, nurses, and other health professionals have signed the petition.
Washington Post
Doctors call out Spotify over Joe Rogan spreading ‘false and societally harmful’ covid-19 claims (opens Washington Post)
Published Jan 13, 2022
Washington Post's feed description
“Though Spotify has a responsibility to mitigate the spread of misinformation on its platform, the company presently has no misinformation policy,” wrote a group of more than 270 doctors. “Throughout the covid-19 pandemic, Joe Rogan has repeatedly spread misleading and false claims on his podcast, p…
Fox2 Detroit
270 medical experts write open letter to Spotify calling out Joe Rogan’s ‘harmful’ COVID-19 misinformation (opens Fox2 Detroit)
Published Jan 13, 2022
Fox2 Detroit's feed description
A cohort of medical experts have written an open letter to Spotify urging the platform to take action against Joe Rogan for spreading COVID-19 misinformation.
Breitbart News
Group of 'Experts' Pressures Spotify to Censor Joe Rogan (opens Breitbart News)
Published Jan 13, 2022
Breitbart News's feed description
A group of 270 scientists and doctors are pressuring Spotify to crack down on content from Joe Rogan, the most popular podcaster in the U.S. One of the group's complaints? His interview with doctor and scientist, Dr. Robert Malone.

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