Behar Defends Joe Rogan’s Free Speech: ‘You Can’t Just Pick and Choose’

In a form of stunning second on the high of Wednesday’s The View, usually incendiary co-host Pleasure Behar defended podcaster Joe Rogan’s freedom of speech from calls he be de-platformed from Spotify for “misinformation.” She even went at it with co-host Sunny Hostin, saying if you happen to don’t like what he says, “counter it” with your individual speech.

The opening tease pitched the section as a query to the boundaries of the proper to free speech. “The suitable to misinform? After rock legend Neil Younger threatens to drag his music off Spotify until they hearth their greatest podcast famous person, Joe Rogan for pushing COVID misinformation,” the announcer stated. “Certainly one of Rogan’s most outspoken detractors, Howard Stern, involves his protection.”

Including: “However ought to free speech that may very well be lethal nonetheless be protected underneath the First Modification?

After co-host Whoopi Goldberg gave a fast overview of the scenario at Spotify, she regarded to the remainder of the desk and requested: “The place is Spotify? Is it Spotify’s job to choose this up and run with the ball?”

Behar instantly jumped to Rogan’s protection. “No, no. It is not Spotify’s job. We’ve a First Modification on this nation. We’ve to keep it up. You’ll be able to’t simply choose and select if you wish to use the First Modification,” she forcefully declared.

Oh, I disagree with that,” Hostin shot again earlier than Behar was completed, kicking off the argument.

 

 

Behar proceeded to notice that she doesn’t like Rogan however thinks the way in which to counter him was by utilizing their very own speech and never “cancel” him:

BEHAR: I imply, I agree Joe Rogan is a horror, a horror.

GOLDBERG: Mm-hmm.

BEHAR: However the way in which to counter that, unhealthy speech is with extra speech. The way in which to counter it’s with boycotts.

GOLDBERG: Mm-hmm.

BEHAR: I love Neil for doing this. Neil Younger. He is from the 60s, , the place musicians took political stands in these days. They did not simply let issues go the way in which they’re doing now. I imply, I do not see too many individuals taking a stand proper now. So, perhaps different musicians will observe go well with.

And that will likely be authentic. It is not a cancel tradition. It is a consequence tradition, and the way in which we deal with it’s we do not purchase Spotify. We ignore Spotify,” she added.

Hostin seemingly discovered that unacceptable, suggesting Spotify needs to be “good company residents.” “Folks all the time got here down on Fb, and so they got here down on Twitter and so they stated they’re disseminating all this harmful info. Do not they’ve some accountability for it,” she pressed.

She then claimed to Behar’s shock that she wasn’t saying “Joe Rogan needs to be faraway from Spotify,” however felt Spotify ought to take measures in opposition to him like slapping “disclaimers” on his podcasts. And that decision for disclaimers quickly unfold to Fox Information as Behar shockingly defended them as properly:

BEHAR: So, based on lots of people, they’d take away Fox TV additionally. You’ll be able to attempt to get Fox off your cable imaginative and prescient if you need.

HOSTIN: Nicely, there needs to be disclaimers.

BEHAR: Or disclaimers. However you’ll be able to’t simply cancel the present as a result of we’ve got the First Modification.

This got here a few weeks after the panel unfold their very own misinformation about COVID-19.

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The transcript is under, click on “develop” to learn:

ABC’s The View
January 26, 2022
11:00:25 a.m. Jap [Opening tease]

ANNOUNCER: The suitable to misinform? After rock legend Neil Younger threatens to drag his music off Spotify until they hearth their greatest podcast famous person, Joe Rogan for pushing COVID misinformation. Certainly one of Rogan’s most outspoken detractors, Howard Stern, involves his protection.

HOWARD STERN: I am in opposition to any form of censorship actually.

ANNOUNCER: However ought to free speech that may very well be lethal nonetheless be protected underneath the First Modification?

(…)

11:03:08 a.m. Jap

WHOOPI GOLDBERG: The place is Spotify? Is it Spotify’s job to choose this up and run with the ball?

JOY BEHAR: No, no. It is not Spotify’s job. We’ve a First Modification on this nation. We’ve to keep it up. You’ll be able to’t simply choose and select if you wish to use the First Modification.

SUNNY HOSTIN: Oh, I disagree with that.

BEHAR: Okay. Nicely, I will inform you what I imply, what I feel.

HOSTIN: Okay.

BEHAR: I imply, I agree Joe Rogan is a horror, a horror.

GOLDBERG: Mm-hmm.

BEHAR: However the way in which to counter that, unhealthy speech is with extra speech. The way in which to counter it’s with boycotts.

GOLDBERG: Mm-hmm.

BEHAR: I love Neil for doing this. Neil Younger. He is from the 60s, , the place musicians took political stands in these days. They did not simply let issues go the way in which they’re doing now. I imply, I do not see too many individuals taking a stand proper now. So, perhaps different musicians will observe go well with.

And that will likely be authentic. It is not a cancel tradition. It is a consequence tradition, and the way in which we deal with it’s we do not purchase Spotify. We ignore Spotify.

HOSTIN: Yeah, however do not you need good company residents, Pleasure? I imply, you may have, , individuals all the time got here down on Fb, and so they got here down on Twitter and so they stated they’re disseminating all this harmful info. Do not they’ve some accountability for it? It’s their platform, it’s their enterprise. And I desire a good company citizen. I desire a citizen that has a coverage. I imply, I am not saying that Joe Rogan needs to be faraway from Spotify. He is obtained 11 million listeners.

BEHAR: Nicely then, what you might be saying?

HOSTIN: He is obtained $100 million contract as of 2020. However I do assume because the podcast platform, you must have some form of pointers. How a few disclaimer on his podcast?

BEHAR: Okay. That is fantastic.

HOSTIN: That claims, , that is misinformation. How about eradicating among the podcasts that disseminate that info?

SARA HAINES: They’ve. They’ve.

[Crosstalk]

BEHAR: So, based on lots of people, they’d take away Fox TV additionally. You’ll be able to attempt to get Fox off your cable imaginative and prescient if you need.

HOSTIN: Nicely, there needs to be disclaimers.

BEHAR: Or disclaimers. However you’ll be able to’t simply cancel the present as a result of we’ve got the First Modification.

HOSTIN: I agree with you.

BEHAR: All proper.

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