Joe Rogan has denied rumors that he plans to sue MSNBC, although he accused the network of “deceptively” editing a video clip to make it appear as if he was praising Vice President Kamala Harris.
On a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan shared that even his own stepfather contacted him, happy about the possibility of a lawsuit against MSNBC. Rogan clarified that he has no intention of suing but accused the network of blending his comments about Harris and Tulsi Gabbard into a misleading narrative.
“I’m not suing MSNBC, but this is what MSNBC did. They took a clip of me talking about Tulsi Gabbard and they edited it up and made it look like I was saying great things about Kamala Harris,” Rogan explained.
The video in question was circulated by Gabbard, who called MSNBC a “propaganda machine.” The clip was a mash-up from a previous Rogan episode that begins with Rogan predicting Harris’s potential success in an election, followed by praise for Gabbard, but without any indication that Rogan had switched topics from Harris to Gabbard.
“They just deceptively edited the things I was saying. They took it completely out of context where I was talking about. First of all, I was talking about Tulsi Gabbard and then I was talking about the media behind Kamala Harris, all this surge and all these people deciding that she can win and they put the two of those together and made it seem like I was praising Kamala Harris,” Rogan stated.
In the edited video, Rogan makes references to “two deployments overseas” and “eight years in Congress,” which clearly pertain to Gabbard, not Harris.
“They don’t care about the truth, they just want a narrative to get out there amongst enough people because most people are just surface readers,” Rogan said about the misleading nature of the clip.
Although Rogan emphasized that he won’t be pursuing legal action, he criticized the video as a “real offense” and a deliberate “lie” intended to subtly influence viewers’ opinions.
“We’re in a very weird time with media and I think truth is super important. I think someone that’s willing to do something like that, that’s a real offense,” he said. “It’s a real offense! It’s not a small thing. It’s a real lie and it’s a lie that changes other people’s opinions.”
