• @AbidanYre
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    5220 hours ago

    Rogan is one of the dumbest people on the planet and got famous making people eat blended rats on TV.

    How the hell did we get to a place where we’re looking to him for legitimate journalism?

    • danny801
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      617 hours ago

      Follower count equals legitimacy

    • @[email protected]
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      -610 hours ago

      A generation of people used a comedian for news, and now they are mad it’s a different comedian.

      • @AbidanYre
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        510 hours ago

        One of them is an uncritical moron. The other one actually made some salient points on occasion.

    • @rational_lib
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      116 hours ago

      He was a first mover on podcasts, and already being a reality TV celebrity he got a lot of big guests early on.

    • @[email protected]
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      -513 hours ago

      He has never claimed to be a legitimate journalist. He has said repeatedly that you shouldn’t take him too seriously - he’s a cage fight commentator after all.

      • @Passerby6497
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        89 hours ago

        Maybe he should shut his mouth instead of just spewing stupid and obvious lies instead of hiding behind lazy shields like I’m NoT a LeGiTiMaTe JoUrNaLiSt or I’m JuSt AsKiNg QuEsTiOnS?

        I hate how people defend stupid celebs spewing obvious lies like this.

          • @Passerby6497
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            25 hours ago

            Oh, I’m wrong about plenty. But nice attempt to deflect.

      • @AbidanYre
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        1011 hours ago

        If people didn’t take him seriously this article wouldn’t need to exist.

        • @[email protected]
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          -710 hours ago

          …and? We can’t have people having public conversations online then because some might take it too seriously? I don’t see how this is a criticism towards Joe.