{"id":2038076,"date":"2023-09-19T21:50:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T01:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rolling-stone-mag-co-founder-dropped-from-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-board-for-racist-sexist-comments\/"},"modified":"2023-09-19T21:52:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T01:52:44","slug":"rolling-stone-mag-co-founder-dropped-from-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-board-for-racist-sexist-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rolling-stone-mag-co-founder-dropped-from-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-board-for-racist-sexist-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolling Stone Mag. Co-Founder Ousted from Rock &#038; Roll Hall Of Fame Board Over Offensive Remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Frolling-stone-mag-co-founder-dropped-from-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-board-for-racist-sexist-comments%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=2038076&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 class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Co-founder of Rolling Stone \u200bmagazine Jann Wenner \u2062visits\u2063 SiriusXM\u2019s \u2018The Howard Stern Show\u2019 at \u200dSiriusXM Studios.\u200d (Photo by Cindy Ord\/Getty Images for SiriusXM)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Ousted from the Rock &#038; \u200cRoll Hall of \u200cFame: Jann Wenner Faces Backlash for Divisive Remarks<\/h2>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>6:42\u200d PM \u2013 Tuesday, September 19, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Rolling Stone Magazine\u2019s original co-founder, Jann Wenner, has\u200b been\u200d expelled \u2064from\u200b the Rock &#038; Roll Hall of Fame\u2019s \u2063board of directors as a result of his divisive remarks regarding Black\u200c and female performers in an interview that\u200c was released last week.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cJann \u200bWenner has been removed from the Board of Directors of the Rock \u2064&#038; Roll Hall \u200cof Fame Foundation,\u201d the hall said \u2063on Saturday, which was one day after Wenner\u2019s\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/09\/15\/arts\/jann-wenner-the-masters-interview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">comments were published<\/a> in a New York Times (NYT) interview.  <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wenner\u2019s new book, \u201cThe Masters: Conversations with Dylan, \u200cLennon, Jagger, Townshend, Garcia, Bono, and Springsteen,\u201d\u00a0was \u200dhighlighted in the NYT interview. \u2062It \u200bfeatures discussions with notable music legends \u2064from a number \u2063of classic bands.<\/p>\n<p>Wenner, the co-founder of Rolling Stone and the\u200b Rock and Roll\u200d Hall of Fame, said that the candidates for his\u200b interviews had to\u2063 \u201cmeet a couple criteria, but \u200bit was just kind of my personal interest and love of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Wenner was\u200c questioned about female artists, \u200bsuch as Joni Mitchell, he \u2063responded by saying,\u200c \u201cIt\u2019s \u200cnot that they\u2019re not creative\u2063 geniuses\u2026 although, go have a deep conversation with Grace Slick or Janis \u2064Joplin\u2026 Please, be my \u200dguest,\u201d \u200dWenner continued. \u201cYou know, Joni was not a philosopher of rock \u2018n\u2019 roll. She didn\u2019t, in my mind, meet that test.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cInsofar as the women,\u200b just none of them were as \u200barticulate enough on this intellectual \u200blevel,\u201d Wenner continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf Black \u200cartists \u200c\u2014 \u200cyou\u200c know, Stevie Wonder, genius, right? I suppose\u200b when you use a word as broad\u200d as \u2018masters,\u2019\u2064 the fault\u2062 is using \u200cthat word. \u2063Maybe Marvin Gaye or Curtis Mayfield? I mean, \u200bthey just didn\u2019t articulate\u200d at that level.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The NYT \u2064outlet also quoted Wenner as saying, \u201cJust for public relations sake, maybe I should have gone and found one Black and\u2064 one woman artist to include here that didn\u2019t measure up to that same historical\u200b standard, just to avert this kind\u2062 of criticism.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWhich, I get it. I had the chance to do that,\u201d \u200dWenner said. \u201cMaybe I\u2019m old-fashioned and I don\u2019t give a [expletive] or\u2062 whatever. I wish in retrospect I could have \u2063interviewed Marvin Gaye. Maybe \u2064he\u2019d have been the guy. Maybe Otis Redding, \u200dhad he lived, \u200bwould have been the guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a statement\u200c given to The Hollywood \u200bReporter \u200don \u200bSaturday, Wenner expressed regret \u200dfor\u200d the comments,\u200d although many \u2064online users pointed out that\u200b he seemed to be\u2064 more concerned with the negative backlash that \u2062he was receiving than \u2064actually expressing remorse for his opinions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cHmmm, a\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rolling-stone-mag-co-founder-dropped-from-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-board-for-racist-sexist-comments\/\" title=\"Rolling Stone Mag. Co-Founder Ousted from Rock &#038; Roll Hall Of Fame Board Over Offensive Remarks\">privileged white gay man talking negatively<\/a> about women \u2064and POC \u200cclaiming that they \u200daren\u2019t intellectual or articulate \u2062enough for him, how original..\u201d one \u2064user on social media said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wenner went on to explain that\u200d the interviews\u2064 for\u2063 his book were not intended to represent \u201cthe whole\u200c of\u2064 music,\u201d but rather \u2063to \u201creflect the high points\u201d of his career. These interviews included those that, in his opinion, \u201cillustrated the breadth and experience in that career.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIn my interview with The New York Times I \u2062made comments that diminished the contributions, genius, and impact of Black and \u2064women artists and I apologize wholeheartedly for those remarks\u2026 \u2062\u201cI\u2064 totally understand the\u200c inflammatory nature of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rolling-stone-co-founder-removed-from-rock-hall-board-over-comments-about-black-female-musicians\/\" title=\"Rolling Stone Co-Founder ousted from Rock Hall Board for remarks on Black, female musicians.\">badly chosen words<\/a> and deeply \u2062apologize and accept\u200d the consequences,\u201d he said, apologizing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wenner co-founded the Cleveland, Ohio, Rock\u2063 and Roll\u2064 Hall of Fame Museum \u200cand has financed startups in the digital media space, including progressive sites like BuzzFeed and Vice Media. He also\u2063 served\u200d as the co-founder \u200cand editorial director \u200bof Rolling Stone magazine from 1967 until 2019.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our statement on\u200d Jann Wenner&#8217;s recent comments. \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dL7lMSTP3k\">pic.twitter.com\/dL7lMSTP3k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RollingStone\/status\/1703816783516365022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h3>Latest News:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Ray Epps is charged \u2064in\u2064 connection to J6\u2062 while\u2062 a Defense Appropriations Bill stalls in the house.<\/li>\n<li>The California GOP Fall 2023 Convention is set for September 28th through October 1st in Anaheim.<\/li>\n<li>Los Angeles Unified \u2062School \u2063District \u200dis facing a lawsuit over its COVID vaccine mandate, as some employees still remain on \u200cunpaid leave \u200cstatus.<\/li>\n<li>With Attorney General \u200cMerrick Garland set to appear before\u200c the House Judiciary Committee, One America\u2019s John Hines caught up \u200bwith Chairman Jim Jordan to see what he hopes to hear from \u2063the\u200d Biden AG. Take a look.<\/li>\n<li>LONDON (Reuters) -The European Commission launched an investigation on Wednesday into whether to impose \u2063punitive tariffs \u2062to protect European Union automakers against\u2026<\/li>\n<li>By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) \u2064\u2013 ABB is \u2064spending $280 million on \u2064a new robotics\u200c factory in Sweden, the \u200bSwiss engineering and\u2026<\/li>\n<li>PARIS (Reuters) \u2013 French Europe \u200bMinister Laurence \u2063Boon on Wednesday welcomed an anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese electric vehicles \u200blaunched by the EU\u2026<\/li>\n<li>By Mathieu Rosemain and Silvia Aloisi PARIS (Reuters) \u2013\u200c Apple said on Wednesday its iPhone 12 model was certified by multiple international\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What steps are being taken to address the backlash and condemnation towards Jann Wenner&#8217;s remarks, and what does it mean for the future of the Rock &#038; Roll \u200dHall of Fame<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2062=&#8221;https:\/\/t.co\/8IUXCVOg8s&#8221;>pic.twitter.com\/8IUXCVOg8s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rock \u2063Hall (@rockhall) \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rockhall\/status\/1438922703009795082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3>Repercussions of Divisive\u200d Remarks<\/h3>\n<p>The removal of Jann Wenner from\u2062 the Rock &#038; Roll Hall of Fame&#8217;s\u2063 board of\u200d directors has\u2063 sparked \u2063a series of discussions \u200band debates within \u200cthe music industry and among fans. Wenner&#8217;s\u200b remarks regarding the\u200b intellectual and artistic capabilities of female and Black artists have been met with significant backlash and condemnation.<\/p>\n<p>His remarks, published in a \u2062recent New York \u2062Times\u2062 interview, have been viewed\u200c as dismissive \u200cand discriminatory towards talented \u200bmusicians\u200d who have made important contributions to the industry. \u2062Wenner&#8217;s assertion that female\u2064 artists such as Joni Mitchell did \u200cnot meet his personal criteria for the \u2062&#8221;philosopher\u2064 of rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll&#8221; test has been\u2062 particularly criticized.<\/p>\n<p \n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jann Wenner, co-founder of Rolling Stone magazine, was removed from the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame board of directors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1866,"featured_media":2038077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2038076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038076","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\/1866"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2038076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2038077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2038076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2038076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2038076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}