Joe Rogan responds after Australian media boss decries ‘repulsive’ impact

Chair of Australia’s nationalist broadcaster claims podcaster preys connected ‘people’s vulnerabilities’ and ‘fear’.

The seat of Australia’s nationalist broadcaster has accused fashionable podcaster Joe Rogan of preying connected “people’s vulnerabilities” and treating the nationalist arsenic “plunder”.

Kim Williams, seat of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, said connected Thursday that helium recovered Rogan’s power to beryllium “deeply repulsive” and a root of disbelief.

“I deliberation radical similar Mr Rogan prey connected people’s vulnerabilities. They prey connected fear. They prey connected anxiety. They prey connected each of the elements that lend to uncertainty successful society, and they entrepreneur phantasy outcomes and conspiracy outcomes arsenic being a mean portion of societal narrative,” Williams said aft an code to the National Press Club successful Canberra.

Williams said that helium was dismayed that Rogan was a “source of nationalist amusement erstwhile it’s truly treating the nationalist arsenic plunder for purposes that are truly rather malevolent”.

Williams made his remarks successful effect to a reporter’s question astir Rogan’s popularity among men and his power connected the United States statesmanlike election.

President-elect Donald Trump appeared connected Rogan’s podcast successful the run-up to the predetermination for a freewheeling three-hour interrogation that has racked up much than 52 cardinal views connected YouTube.

LOL WUT https://t.co/xXJ9DlYr55

— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) November 27, 2024

Some Democrats person criticised Vice President Kamala Harris for not sitting down with Rogan, suggesting it was indicative of her nonaccomplishment to link with young men.

Harris’s run squad has said they discussed an interrogation with Rogan but were incapable to fastener down a day owed to scheduling conflicts.

Rogan, who has 17.3 cardinal subscribers connected YouTube and 14.5 cardinal followers connected Spotify, connected Wednesday replied to Williams’s disapproval successful a two-word station connected X: “LOL WUT”.

The ABC chair’s comments besides gully swift disapproval from blimpish voices online, with tech billionaire Elon Musk labelling the ABC arsenic Australia’s “Pravda”, referring to the authoritative mouthpiece of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

In a consequent ABC vigor interview, Williams elaborated connected his criticisms, saying Rogan had done an “enormous magnitude of damage” during the COVID-19 pandemic with his comments connected vaccines.

Rogan has denied being against vaccines but said helium would not get the COVID vaccine himself arsenic helium had antibodies from contracting the norovirus and would not urge a steadfast 21-year-old to instrumentality the shot.

Williams besides decried what helium said was the “huge pile-on” helium experienced implicit his comments.

“What fascinates maine is you accidental thing antagonistic astir Joe Rogan – and I person been swarmed with the astir unbelievably vicious responses,” helium said.