{"id":1281200,"date":"2022-02-08T05:19:24","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T10:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1281200"},"modified":"2022-02-08T10:23:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T15:23:19","slug":"do-not-apologize-desantis-speaks-out-on-joe-rogan-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/do-not-apologize-desantis-speaks-out-on-joe-rogan-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Do Not Apologize\u2019: DeSantis Speaks Out On Joe Rogan Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdo-not-apologize-desantis-speaks-out-on-joe-rogan-controversy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1281200&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Untitled-design-18-copy-9-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis addressed the Spotify controversy with Joe Rogan in an interview this week, telling the popular podcaster \u201cdo not apologize\u201d to the cancel culture mob.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis shared the strong words during an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ron-desantis-joe-rogan-controversies-distrust-media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with Fox News Digital in response to attacks from mainstream media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, he shouldn\u2019t have apologized. I mean, you see what happens? The mob will come after people, and they\u2019re targeting Rogan because he\u2019s threatening to upset the apple cart on some of the things that they\u2019re holding dear. And with COVID, he\u2019s just bringing opposing views. He\u2019s letting people decide,\u201d DeSantis said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey say he\u2019s against [the COVID vaccine]. I do not listen to his show, but then I read he specifically advocated for people with co-morbidities and elderly to get vaccinated,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The governor also noted he believes the mainstream media are out to destroy Rogan because they fear his impact on society.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think a lot of the legacy outlets and I think the left fear the fact that he can reach so many people, and so they\u2019re out to destroy him,\u201d DeSantis noted.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis then offered his own words of advice to Rogan over the cancel culture attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut what I would say is don\u2019t give an inch. Do not apologize. Do not kow to the mob. Stand up and tell them to pound sand; if you do that, there\u2019s really nothing that they\u2019re able to do to you. The only way they have power is if you let them get your goat,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The governor\u2019s supportive words come after JREMissing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jremissing.com\/\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;that 113 episodes of Rogan\u2019s show had been taken down. Rogan <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/okoGK\">reportedly<\/a>&nbsp;made the decision to pull the episodes following conversations that he had with Spotify.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes as Rogan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/more-than-100-episodes-of-joe-rogans-show-vanish-from-spotify\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">apologized<\/a> for using a racial slur in old episodes of the show that he says were taken out of context in an attempt to ruin him. Rogan says that he used the slur when quoting others instead of saying the \u201cn-word.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not my word to use. I am well aware of that now, but for years I used it in that manner,\u201d Rogan said. \u201cI never used it to be racist because I\u2019m not racist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spotify\u2019s CEO Daniel Ek then released a statement to internal staff that seemed to apologize for Rogan\u2019s \u201churtful\u201d comments.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Full text of Spotify CEO Daniel Ek\u2019s note to staff: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3FHlmzV3UW\">pic.twitter.com\/3FHlmzV3UW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peter Kafka (@pkafka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pkafka\/status\/1490511000499544068?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ek had previously noted Spotify plans to keep Rogan on Spotify on its platform, arguing it is not the editor of his content. The statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/spotify-stands-by-joe-rogan-after-n-word-controversy-canceling-voices-is-a-slippery-slope\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in part:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Another criticism that I continue to hear from many of you is that it\u2019s not just about The Joe Rogan Experience on Spotify; it comes down to our direct relationship with him. In last week\u2019s Town Hall, I outlined to you that we are not the publisher of JRE. But perception due to our exclusive license implies otherwise. So I\u2019ve been wrestling with how this perception squares with our values.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If we believe in having an open platform as a core value of the company, then we must also believe in elevating all types of creators, including those from underrepresented communities and a diversity of backgrounds. We\u2019ve been doing a great deal of work in this area already but I think we can do even more. So I am committing to an incremental investment of $100 million for the licensing, development, and marketing of music (artists and songwriters) and audio content from historically marginalized groups. This will dramatically increase our efforts in these areas. While some might want us to pursue a different path, I believe that more speech on more issues can be highly effective in improving the status quo and enhancing the conversation altogether.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis addressed the Spotify controversy with Joe Rogan in an interview this week, telling the popular podcaster \u201cdo not apologize\u201d to the cancel culture mob.DeSantis shared &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1281200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1281200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1281200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1281200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1281200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}