Joe Rogan challenges the media narrative on Trump’s ‘bloodbath’ remark
After the âcorporate mediaâ attempted to manipulate Donald Trumpâs âbloodbathâ remark about the health of the US auto industry as a call for violence, Joe Rogan refused to accept their narrative.
Rogan indicated as such during an interview with author and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt.
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Rogan brought up how the media lied about Trumpâs controversial âbloodbathâ comment, and said thatâs why people donât trust the mainstream media.
The popular podcaster said, âItâs actually important to highlight how not just inaccurate but how deceptive the media was in their depiction of what he said, and that they are taking this quote out of context and trying to say that there is going to be a civil war if he doesnât get elected, which is not what he was talking about at all.â
âItâs so disturbing that they would, first of all, that they would think that they can get away with it in this day and age with all of the scrutiny and with social media and with all the independent journalists that exist now, which is one of the more interesting things about the demise of corporate media,â he added.
Rogan then praised âreal onesâ â journalists like Matti Taibbi and Glenn Greenwald.
âThe demise in trust,â Rogan said. âTrust in corporate media is at an all-time low, so this has led to a rise in true independent journalists. The real ones out there. The Matt Taibbis and Glenn Greenwalds, the people that are actually just trying to say, âwhat is really going on and what are the influences behind these things and why are these things happening?ââ
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Rogan and Haidt then watched a video of Trumpâs speech in Dayton, Ohio. During the speech, he said there would be a âbloodbathâ if heâs not elected. Trump unquestionably was talking about the American auto industry and what might happen to it if Joe Biden is re-elected.
Haidt summed up Trumpâs argument as âif I donât win, the countryâs over.â
Rogan disagreed, saying, âYeah, but what heâs talking about is the subversion of our economy and the subversion of our democracy, that we will never have an election again. I donât think heâs saying itâll be a bloodbath in terms of a civil war.â
âHeâs saying the economyâs going to be destroyed,â Rogan said.
âItâs an unfortunate term. I donât think heâs saying itâs a civil war,â he added.