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Headline Roundup January 28th, 2020

Joe Rogan's Support for Bernie Sanders Divides Political Left

Summary from the AllSides News Team

Comedian and podcast host Joe Rogan announced his support for Senator Bernie Sanders' (I-VT) 2020 presidential campaign earlier this last week, prompting Sanders to tweet audio of Rogan's endorsement. The interaction has invoked a wide range of reactions from different ideologies within the political left. Some coverage from the right pointed to how the high-profile endorsement is already influencing other aspects of the 2020 race; other right-leaning voices Featured Coverage of this Story
The Joe Rogan controversy revealed something important about the American left
The Joe Rogan controversy revealed something important about the American left

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Analysis

Comedian and podcast host Joe Rogan’s endorsement of Bernie Sanders — and the subsequent outrage in gay, trans, and other communities over Sanders’s embrace of the endorsement — is one of the most intricate and multifaceted political controversies of recent months.

Rogan is known for his stints on the NBC shows NewsRadio and Fear Factor but more recently for The Joe Rogan Experience, an astonishingly popular podcast featuring hours-long interviews with comedians, politicians, journalists, and others — including an interview with Sanders that has racked up 11 million views on...

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MoveOn calls on Sanders to renounce Joe Rogan endorsement
News

Progressive group MoveOn called on Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to renounce the presidential endorsement of popular podcaster and comedian Joe Rogan.

The group, which endorsed Sanders in 2016 and is fueled by many of the same progressive activists who have backed the Vermont senator’s White House bid, called on Sanders to reject the endorsement over Rogan’s past discriminatory comments.

“It's one thing for Joe Rogan to endorse a candidate. It's another for @BernieSanders’ campaign to produce a video bolstering the endorsement of someone known for promoting transphobia, homophobia, Islamophobia, racism...

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It’s Good That Joe Rogan Endorsed Bernie. Now We Have to Organize.
Opinion

One of the world’s most popular podcasters has said that he’ll “probably vote for Bernie Sanders.” He went on to say some glowing things about Senator Sanders’s consistency and integrity. Unsurprisingly, the Sanders campaign celebrated the moment by tweeting out the clip.

Why wouldn’t it? While Sanders, Tulsi Gabbard, and Andrew Yang have appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan has said that Warren, Buttigieg, and Biden have all tried and failed to get booked on the show. It’s obvious why — the YouTube page for The Joe Rogan Experience...

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