There is no question, Americans are moving away from the legacy media and moving towards new forms of news and entertainment.  For instance, Joe Rogan's audience is dwarfing those that watch CNN, Fox and MSNBC combined. (https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/mainstream-media-being-swallowed-joe-rogan)

So Neil Young apparently put up an open letter demanding Spotify make a choice between him or Joe, but the letter disappeared later, even though the media is running with it. It's not even clear it came from Neil, as he sold most of the rights to his music a while back.... But why is this a thing? Why the disproportionate response to one of over 1000 three hour podcasts? Well, perhaps the legacy media is trying to stifle its competition, or gain back influence it has lost....

And rather than talk about why the legacy media is so terrible I'd like to focus on what Joe Rogan does, that makes him so popular. Joe said he approaches his podcast as "having conversations", and he does it in what appears to be an honest way, as he is inquiring about the truth. Now we cannot read his mind, but he articulated as much in his recent Instagram post. https://www.instagram.com/tv/CZYQ_nDJi6G/

This is the other thing, he is not part of the legacy media machinery, so he’s not serving any big corporate boss (I think that is even written in his deal with Spotify that they cannot censor him.)
 
From the Zero Hedge article: “Because he [Joe] comes by it honestly, because he inquires about the truth with good intention - he’s not serving anybody, he’s trying to find answers about fringe questions - those are the things the [legacy] media doesn’t do.  "

 “You have an instance here where you have experts trying to opine on what they think is best and what the public needs to know, but you have this intervention from the tech companies, from the government, saying ‘Hey, you guys are too stupid to listen both sides of the story and make your decision accordingly. We have to protect you from this one set of opinions, despite the fact that they’re from published authors with incredible credentials.  "

You may not think they are experts, but in their field, they certainly do have a lot of credentials that up to this point, were not questioned. Also, they comment on many things outside their field of expertise, and there we need to look with a critical eye at what they are saying. 

Some in the legacy media recognize this.... here is CNN commentator Mary Katharine Ham; “I don’t mind that I disagree with him sometimes, enjoy long-form interviews with interesting people that not a lot of people do, am suspicious of motives for shutting him up, & am weirded out by how many people desire it,”  (https://twitter.com/mkhammer/status/1487845450396971009)

“Joe Rogan is what he is. We in the media might want to spend more time thinking about why so many people trust him instead of us,” New York Times reporter Matthew Rosenberg said.

Another good article on this is from Glenn Greenwald, where he roasts the legacy media again.... lol. https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-pressure-campaign-on-spotify

What do you think? Have you listened to Joe Rogan? Some of his podcasts are hilarious, and there is no way to listen to all his content, but I am glad he is there.

By the way, the podcast format almost died in its infancy, if you didn't know, and EFF was there to help defend it, that story is here:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/01/podcast-episode-saving-podcasts-patent-troll

Can you imagine if they succeeded? Ha no more Joe Rogan controversy!

More evidence of legacy media dying: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/02/08/why_newspapers_refuse_to_correct_errors_147153.html

For all Joe's missing episodes: https://www.jremissing.com/