CNN is obsessed with Joe Rogan. As the Spotify controversy went big for Rogan, they are grasping at straws to defame him.

FNC: “A CNN op-ed on Sunday compared Joe Rogan’s past use of the ‘N-word’ in several episodes of his podcast to the January 6 Capitol riot, before the outlet altered the headline by removing the analogy.

The article, which is classified as an analysis, was originally headlined, ‘Joe Rogan’s use of the n-word is another January 6 moment.’ The analysis opened by noting Rogan ‘did not join a mob’ and rush and deface the Capitol, before nonetheless making the comparison. CNN has since changed the headline to read, ‘Why shrugging off Joe Rogan’s use of the n-word is so dangerous.’

‘But what Rogan and those that defend him have done since video clips of him using the n-word surfaced on social media is arguably just as dangerous as what a mob did when they stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6 last year,’ CNN senior writer John Blake wrote.”

“The far right-wing conservative support for Rogan belies the myth that his show represents a reasonable middle or common ground uniting average Americans untethered to the left-right spectrum of American politics,” college professor Peniel Joseph wrote. “This myth reflects the lies Americans tell themselves about to race, democracy, free speech and capitalism.” He said Rogan “often skews far-right” and “he’s mastered the ability to trick listeners into thinking he’s relatable.

“His independent perspective often skews far-right (as evidenced by some of his guests, who have included Roseanne Barr, Ted Nugent, Ben Shapiro, Candace Owens and Steven Crowder),” Joseph wrote. Oh my. Perish the very thought!

Rogan has recently fought back on the COVID-19 drug issue. “They’re lying at your network about people taking human drugs versus drugs for veterinary,” Rogan said when CNN doc Gupta dared to show his face on the podcast.

“Calling it a ‘horse dewormer’ is not the most flattering thing, I get that,” Gupta conceded. “It’s a lie,” Rogan retorted. “It’s a lie on a news network … and it’s a lie that they’re conscious of. It’s not a mistake. They’re unfavorably framing it as veterinary medicine.”

Joe Rogan asks Sanjay Gupta if it bothers him that CNN outright lied about Rogan taking horse dewormer to recover from covid. This is fantastic: pic.twitter.com/PEgJqIXhSD

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) October 14, 2021

“The heart of this debate has been purposely confused and ultimately lost,” CNN told the Washington Post’s Erik Wemple. “It’s never been about livestock versus human dosage of Ivermectin. The issue is that a powerful voice in the media, who by example and through his platform, sowed doubt in the proven and approved science of vaccines while promoting the use of an unproven treatment for covid-19 — a drug developed to ward off parasites in farm animals…The only thing CNN did wrong here was bruise the ego of a popular podcaster who pushed dangerous conspiracy theories and risked the lives of millions of people in doing so,” the network said. Even Wemple, a liberal WaPoster, was flabbergasted by CNN, saying it “sounds more like the work of an advocacy group than a journalism outfit.” Bingo.

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