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The Ben Shapiro Show

Ep. 1426 - Why Do People Trust Rogan Over CNN? Here’s Why.

The Ben Shapiro Show

The Daily Wire

News Commentary, News

4.4152.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Jeff Zucker resigns from CNN over revelations he was shtupping his closest colleague – who happens to be a former comms director for Andrew Cuomo; plus Whoopi Goldberg reportedly says she might quit The View. Okay, this is epic. Get Ben Shapiro merch here: https://utm.io/uedoS  Read classic works of literature with Ben Shapiro by joining his new book club. Get Ben's personal book notes and join Ben himself for discussions on the third Thursday of every month. Sign up at thirdthursdaybookclub.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Jeff Zucker resigns from CNN over revelations he was stooping his closest colleague,

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who happens to be a former comms director for Andrew Cuomo.

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Plus, Whoopi Goldberg reportedly says she might quit the view.

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I'm Ben Shapiro.

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All righty.

1:34.4

So the big story of the day is that the head of CNN is no longer the head of CNN.

1:40.2

Now, you'll remember, it was just about three days ago when Brian Stelter, the official propagandist for the most trusted name and news, went on national television and suggested that people are terrible for trusting Joe Rogan.

1:52.5

Because after all, Joe Rogan has on a wide variety of guests.

1:55.4

And those guests include people who are not approved by the administration.

1:58.8

I mean, even the White House has come out in the last 48 hours and suggested that Spotify needs to crack down more on people like Joe Rogan, which is indeed violative of basic First Amendment principles. When the government is telling private industry to crack down on speech, that turns those private industries into agents of the government. Okay, but for Brian Stelter and CNN, the main question isn't why haven't we at CNN lost credibility?

2:17.8

It's why do people trust Joe Rogan?

2:19.1

And so here was Brian Stelter just three days ago, just befuddle at why people would trust Joe Rogan rather than CNN.

2:27.9

You think about major newsrooms like CNN that have health departments and deaths and operations that work hard on verified information on COVID-19.

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