Following the release of a viral “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast episode featuring guest Dr. Robert Malone, a letter from more than 270 “doctors” describing Rogan as a “menace to public health” was sent to Spotify urging the company to censor the podcast star. It has since been revealed though that a large portion of those “doctors” are not practicing medical doctors. Investigative journalist Jordan Schachtel reported that out of the more than 270 doctors that signed the letter, only around 100 of those who signed are people with qualified medical degrees.
“As physicians, we bear the arduous weight of a pandemic that has stretched our medical systems to their limits and only stands to be exacerbated by the anti-vaccination sentiment woven into this and other episodes of Rogan’s podcast,” the open letter states. “Well, I reviewed this open letter, and it turns out that only around 100 of the 270+ signatories to the letter are people with qualified medical degrees. And a large chunk of that 100 or so medical doctors are MDs employed at universities who are not in fact practitioners of medicine,” wrote Schachtel.
‘270 doctors’ called out Joe Rogan, but the authors of the letter and the vast majority of its signatories are not medical doctors https://t.co/Xa5BLTguxk
— Jordan Schachtel @ dossier.substack.com (@JordanSchachtel) January 16, 2022
According to Schachtel’s calculations, over 50 PhD academics, around 60 college professors, 29 nurses, 10 students, 4 medical residents, and a handful of science podcasters were included in the signatories of the letter.
“This is not only a scientific or medical concern; it is a sociological issue of devastating proportions and Spotify is responsible for allowing this activity to thrive on its platform. We, the undersigned doctors, nurses, scientists, and educators thus call on Spotify to immediately establish a clear and public policy to moderate misinformation on its platform,” the letter concludes.
Read: 270 Scientists and Doctors Sign Letter to Censor Joe Rogan but Their Language Gives Them Away
Authored by Hannah Nightingale via The Post Millennial
ThinkCivics researches, examines, and reports on issues that matter most. We deliver explanative, fearless, and insightful analysis for public consumption.
