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Vinca

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11. I disagree. We have to somehow get back to a sane society where uttering lies for money

Fri Feb 4, 2022, 11:45 AM

Feb 2022

and ultimately killing people is not acceptable. It doesn't matter if it's Spotify or Faux news. Some media purveyors will allow anything to turn a buck and that's exactly what Spotify is doing.

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Jon Stewart sides with Joe Rogan as more artists leave Spotify: 'This overreaction is a mistake' [View all] catsudon Feb 2022 OP

I love Stewart, but he's wrong on this. hlthe2b Feb 2022 #1

Same...can't see the forrest for the trees in this case PortTack Feb 2022 #3

Jon Stewart is Very Wrong on Cha Feb 2022 #37

Tra lalalalala durablend Feb 2022 #2

Isn't Stewart sympathetic to anti-vaxxers? iemanja Feb 2022 #4

On the Late Show he promoted the lie that COVID came from a Chinese lab. rogue emissary Feb 2022 #9

The lab leak hypothesis Zeitghost Feb 2022 #15

His reasoning, though shrike3 Feb 2022 #20

Stealing is not free randr Feb 2022 #5

Great comment. Corgigal Feb 2022 #8

I have many friends in the creative field. shrike3 Feb 2022 #22

Agree on the thoughts. Spotify is horrible for paying artists, though. Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2022 #13

1 Million streams equals... lame54 Feb 2022 #24

The artists get next to nothing from streaming. Mosby Feb 2022 #14

it was more in jest. in regardimg to music catsudon Feb 2022 #18

"you can steal music for free" brooklynite Feb 2022 #6

I'm not sure I understand Jon and Glenn Greenwald, another critic, are alarmed about. BeckyDem Feb 2022 #7

An algorithm of misinformation can't work unless someone is purveying it, wtf. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #10

I disagree. We have to somehow get back to a sane society where uttering lies for money Vinca Feb 2022 #11

No, John. You're wrong. Scrivener7 Feb 2022 #12

I realize he has a fan base here, which I submit is rooted in his early years. UTUSN Feb 2022 #16

I was at that Rally... lame54 Feb 2022 #26

I saw parts of it on t.v. to make up my own mind on things. "Not overtly political" - UTUSN Feb 2022 #30

I looked up hippy dippy and you're right... lame54 Feb 2022 #31

It does? - the only reference I know is from CARLIN's "hippie dippy weatherman" bit. UTUSN Feb 2022 #33

Your hole's so deep... lame54 Feb 2022 #34

Well, since I'm more clueless here with every Reply to me, better go on my way!1 UTUSN Feb 2022 #35

Nice katch lame54 Feb 2022 #36

'twas nothing, but thanks. And we're even 'cause I think I misspelled "hippie" - am correcting it. UTUSN Feb 2022 #38

None lame54 Feb 2022 #39

What does he mean with "algorithm"? Mosby Feb 2022 #17

Spotify does recommendations too. Dr. Strange Feb 2022 #19

In other words - down the rabbit hole you go lame54 Feb 2022 #28

Wrong John....try again..... turbinetree Feb 2022 #21

The "algorithm" is surely Spotify in this case. They've invested $100m in Rogan muriel_volestrangler Feb 2022 #23

There's no real reason to pirate music anymore. PTWB Feb 2022 #25

Yeah I am not seeing myself going to the trouble cinematicdiversions Feb 2022 #45

I always knew he was a right-winger Jose Garcia Feb 2022 #27

He wasn't siding with Joe Rogan. He was saying the solution is engagement not ultimatums. meadowlander Feb 2022 #29

So you think Young should continue to make money for Spotify? muriel_volestrangler Feb 2022 #40

Why don't you take it down a notch? We're all on the same side here. meadowlander Feb 2022 #42

I think you're living in a wonderland of Spotify making its business decisions based on muriel_volestrangler Feb 2022 #43

Jon "Both Sides" Stewart budkin Feb 2022 #32

Jon Stewart has been insufferably smug for years; he can fuck off back to wherever he's been hiding Spider Jerusalem Feb 2022 #41

Does Stewart have a Spotify podcast yet, or is he angling for one? FreepFryer Feb 2022 #44

Clips of podcaster using N-word struggle4progress Feb 2022 #46

Stewart is wrong. Owl Feb 2022 #47

Comment from a doctor: muriel_volestrangler Feb 2022 #48

nonsense. so dont believe our lying ears? BootinUp Feb 2022 #49

Sounds like something that Bill Maher would say. NurseJackie Feb 2022 #50

Yeah, I thought the same thing obamanut2012 Feb 2022 #51