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Its important for the bbc anyway, because you know, this audience that maybe will be coming off the back of rupaul�*s drag race, or were at half—time and the africa cup of nations. so were picking up a hard—to—reach audience for news. so were kind of getting to them by stealth and hoping that, you know, theyll stumble across us, and actually, well be a good add—on, tell them something they didnt know, and then, you know, bring people back into news and make a lifelong habit, hopefully....

Of rupaul�*s drag race, or were at half time and the africa cup of nations. so were picking up a hard—to—reach audience for news. so were kind of getting to them by stealth and hoping that, you know, theyll stumble across us, and actually, well be a good add—on, tell them something they didnt know and then, you know, bring people back into news and make a kind of lifelong habit, hopefully. i love that stumbling onto it because it moves around, doesnt it, in the schedule? it does, yeah. y...

Doesnt it, to the fact there are two interesting questions here? one is, should these people even be on his podcast in the first place? but the second is, if theyre going to be there, how does he handle what they say? now, batya from newsweek, i definitely want to ask you about that. before we do, though, heres a little of a post that joe rogan put on instagram a few days into this story. one of the things that spotify wants to do that i agree with is that, at the beginning of these controversia...

Ok, now on bbc news, its time for the media show. hello, im ros atkins. welcome to this weeks media show. were going to talk about bbc three because its back as a linear television channel, six years after the bbc decided it shouldnt be one of those. and well talk about spotify and joe rogan. hes in the middle of a storm over covid misinformation that may have been on his podcast, and some people are saying, "should spotify really be funding content like that?" we will get into all of the issues...

A prominent anti—vax influencer who has promoted a number of false claims about the vaccine, essentially suggesting people shouldnt have it or that its causing harm. and one worry is that people tuning into rogans podcast — which is conversational, like you say, which is chatty, which they might find more accessible and more interesting than a lot of the accurate and slightly more boring information from scientists and trusted experts — theyll listen to it, and then theyll go and follow up...

Is, "im just asking questions, i just want to understand what different people think," but it risks pushing people towards these extremes that they otherwise wouldnt have been aware of. and i guess that taps in, doesnt it, to the fact there are two interesting questions here? one is, should these people even be on his podcast in the first place? but the second is, if theyre going to be there, how does he handle what they say? now, batya from newsweek, i definitely want to ask you about that. bef...

Now that is the consensus of experts, because that is how science works. you float ideas, you question them, you try them, and then you change your mind about them. that is literally the definition of the scientific method. and that is what has been, under the definition of disinformation, literally, science has been sort of legislated out of social media. but isnt the point that there is information being shared via joe rogans podcast, which he doesnt label or challenge in any way as not being ...

So theres no differentiation in streaming — why its - hard to make money. so you make these exclusive deals with these really popular— podcasters who are only going to host their- content on your service. and because of that, you can command really high ad prices, _ and theyre staking their future on all of that. _ so you get the money in return. but as you say, with that comes responsibilities. lets speak about that with marianna spring, bbc newss disinformation reporter, because, marianna,...

And one worry is that people tuning into rogans podcast — which is conversational, like you say, which is chatty, which they might find more accessible and more interesting than a lot of the accurate and slightly more boring information from scientists and trusted experts — theyll listen to it, and then theyll go and follow up. theyll google this anti—vax influencer, and so they quickly find themselves brought into more extreme worldviews. its been the same when its come to all kinds of di...

And tammy. im trying to- understand because we have evidence now that both nancy pelosi and we know all about peter schweitzers book debuted number one on the new york times list. thirty one million dollars. the bidens makehe it moneyn in china t on top of the one point five billion dollar deal with the bank ofit china with zero experience. hunter so pelosisxp making mont and shes saying dont talk, shut up. if youreou an athlete. and joe saying they just have different norms, i dont know.t maybe...