injoe rogan s podcast. but it was the intervention of one of rock music s original rebels that made this story go global. neil young threatened to pull his music from spotify, saying they can have rogan or young, not both. well, spotify chose rogan and young s music has been removed at his request. a few days later, another canadian legend joni mitchell followed suit, and joe rogan has responded to the entire furore with a video on instagram. so, my pledge to you is that i will do my best to try to balance out these more controversial viewpoints with other people s perspectives so we can maybe find a better point of view. spotify also responded. it released a statement saying. the company is working to add a content advisory to any podcast episode that includes a discussion about covid 19 . so, rogan stays, but with a warning, and we can t understand that decision without understanding the finances behind this. really, the bottom line for spotify is that if you play a joni mitchell
in an exclusive deal by spotify for $100 million. the format is simple a vast array of guests talk with him about a vast array of subjects, sometimes for hours. and joe rogan and his guests can also sometimes cause controversy. in december, one guest, the virologist dr robert malone made a number of misleading claims about vaccines during the podcast, which prompted this reaction. having people on there giving opinions about the vaccines that are not based in science is just not. it s counter to public health right now, and it is just not the right thing to do. dr wallace was one of 270 health care professionals who wrote an open letter to spotify, urging it to act on misinformation injoe rogan s podcast. but it was the intervention of one of rock music s original rebels that made this story go global. neil young threatened to pull his music from spotify,
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