Media Reacts to Zuckerberg Interview on 'Joe Rogan Experience'

Facebook founder and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was interviewed by popular podcaster and comedian Joe Rogan on Thursday.

The main focus of reactions to the nearly 3-hour interview was their discussion about Facebook’s decision to limit the dissemination of a New York Post story regarding Hunter Biden shortly before the 2020 presidential election. On the podcast, Zuckerberg explained how the company was approached by the FBI in the lead up to the election and warned of the potential for misinformation originating from Russia to be spread on the social media platform.

he two spoke about Facebook’s fact-checking protocol and process for identifying misinformation, which Zuckerberg explained was less “black-and-white” than the company’s competitor, Twitter, which opted to completely censor the New York Post story across the platform.

The interview was covered more by right-rated outlets, with Hunter Biden being the focal point. The New York Post’s article stated that Zuckerberg told Rogan that Facebook was wrong to “ban” the story. Zuckerberg stated that the story was visible and shareable on the platform, but it was shown less in recommended content feeds. On the left, sources like Insider focused less on the Hunter Biden story and more on Zuckerberg’s comments calling the FBI a “legitimate institution,” drawing links to recent comments from Republican lawmakers calling for the FBI to be defunded following the search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence.