Joe Rogan slams CNN for falsified coverage of Atlanta anti-police protests
In a recent conversation on The Joe Rogan Experience Podcast (JRE), Joe Rogan discussed the violence erupting during recent anti-cop protests raging in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Atlanta protests have been termed as 'mostly peaceful' by news outlets like CNN, however, Rogan alleged that the ground reality suggests a stark contrast. He lashed out at the inaccurate coverage and demanded that the actions of the protestors be called out for what they were:
"You are willing to overlook some awful s**t on your side and you're willing to exaggerate some s**t on the other side. But everybody's on the same team so we have to f*****g pretend that these people lighting churches on fire aren't f*****g a******s. These people lighting schools on fire, and lighting courthouses on fire. Mostly peaceful... Oh it's mostly peaceful that burglary."
Rogan continued as he reasoned that the news reporting pandered to a certain narrative only and did not adhere to the conventional role of the news network or what was expected from it:
"You're not the f*****g propaganda department. You can't define things in a way to calm people down. That's not what your f*****g job is. You're b**********g people, you're acting as a propagandist. Like, it's not mostly peaceful when a car is on fire."
The state governor has since declared a state of emergency in Georgia as the city of Atlanta plunges into unrest.
Joe Rogan's comments on the Atlanta protests were telecast and discussed on a Fox & Friends segment on Fox News.
Check out the complete segment below:
Joe Rogan extrapolates religious themes from alleged media propaganda during Atlanta protests
In the same JRE episode with Adam Curry, an internet entrepreneur, and former MTV VJ, Joe Rogan delved into how it was a deeper instinct to spread information and propagate it to a larger audience:
"It’s also this natural, territorial tribal instinct we have to claim land and ideas. We claim ideas, and then we shove them down people’s throats. That’s what religion has always done. There’s a lot of people who are atheists that don’t think of themselves as being religious, but you are religious, you’re acting exactly that way, you just don’t believe in a deity."
The UFC commentator believes that CNN's coverage of the Atlanta protests reflects similar themes to the religious association done by groups of people congregating on the same information and sources.
Check out the complete JRE episode with Adam Curry on Spotify: