Why Joe Rogan Should Sue CNN

Letting it Slide Only Empowers Them

slan·der·ous

/ˈslandərəs/

adjective: Also known as oral or spoken defamation, slander is the legal term for the act of harming a person’s reputation by telling one or more other people something that is untrue and damaging about that person. Slander can be the basis for a lawsuit and is considered a civil wrong (i.e., a tort).

li·bel·ous

/ˈlībələs/

adjective: Containing an untrue written statement that causes people to have a bad opinion of someone. See the full definition for libelous in the English Language Learners Dictionary.

I originally began to write about the outrageous claims the mainstream media was reporting on the claim that Joe Rogan was using a horse de-worming medication to treat a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) government-funded and produced virus, COVID-19, that came about under the direction of Dr. Anthony Fauci, an infection he had acquired. Just about every major news outlet was reporting this in addition to a claim that an Oklahoma hospital was being inundated with patients that were overwhelming the health system with overdoses from horse deworming medication. This was purer misinformation. The hospital system in question was not suffering from any patient overload crisis. The photo used to caption the story was unrelated to any hospital siege and the photo in question was shot during the wintertime. Rachel Maddow, an MSNBC hack who has been sued on more than one occasion, reported the hospital story but refused to take down the story after it was proven to be false. She too added to the misinformation of Joe Rogan’s treatment with Ivermectum with him taking a horse de-wormer. But it was CNN who seems to take the full weight of reporting that Mr. Rogan was using a horse de-wormer and took full glee in disparaging the infamous podcaster.

As I said, I started to write about this when it happened but decided to wait because the media ran with this false story for a while. Something did occur however, Mr. Rogan has a sit-down interview with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s medical correspondent. As the interview got underway, the topic of CNN reporting that Joe Rogan was dosing himself with a horse de-wormer by CNN came to the forefront. Dr. Gupta tried steering away from the topic but Mr. Rogan was persistent on the subject. He wanted to know why CNN LIED and made the claim that he was taking a veterinarian medicine horse de-wormer and not the human form medication? Dr. Gupta had no answer other than they should not have said that Mr. Rogan was taking a horse de-wormer.

Being a public person is like living on a double-edge sword. It’s the ying/yang, hot/cold, good/bad dynamic of being someone who has accepted that thorny crown of being a celebrity. Such is the scenario of one Joseph James Rogan, also known as Joe Rogan. Joe Rogan is a somewhat marginally accomplished podcaster who can be found on something called Spotify. Apparently, Spotify compensated Mr. Rogan for his services and I believe he got, minimum, at least $20 an hour.

People tune in to Mr. Rogan’s podcast to hear just about anything Mr. Rogan feels like having a discussion on. From UFOs to politics to films to sharks to cultural changes, the subject matter varies. As millions tune in which may be why CNN has a hard-on for Joe Rogan. On one particular podcast, Mr. Rogan decided to inform his audience that he had experienced a slight illness. He had contracted the very popular National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) government-funded and produced virus, COVID-19, that came about under the direction of Dr. Anthony Fauci.

Upon suspecting that he may be a carrier of the NIAID-funded and produced virus under the direction of Dr. Anthony Fauci, Mr. Rogan, a fully independent thinker who is not led around by an Australian sheepdog, decided to go to his doctor for verification. As he suspected, Mr. Rogan did have the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) government-funded and produced virus, COVID-19, that came about under the direction of Dr. Anthony Fauci, Mr. Rogan, a very astute common-sense man, spoke with his doctor about treatment. Mr. Rogan not being a Fauci sheep follower looking for alternatives other than a prototype vaccine with known side effects that have yet to be patently approved by a government propaganda agency that encourages you to take a drug that has several side effects that includes death that is an acceptable risk as claimed by the mainstream media Mr. Rogan chose to listen to his doctor and between the two of them, they agreed on a series of medication to treat the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) government-funded and produced virus, COVID-19, that came about under the direction of Dr. Anthony Fauci.

One of the medications that Mr. Rogan had employed was a medication called Ivermectin.

Ivermectin is an anti-parasitic drug that is used to treat river blindness and intestinal roundworm infection in humans and to de-worm pets and livestock. When Mr. Rogan informed his audience that one of the medications that he used to treat the NIAID funded and produced virus under the direction of Dr. Anthony Fauci, he informed them that he used Ivermectin. The non-fact checking mainstream media heard about Mr. Rogan using Ivermectin and quickly ran with the narrative that Mr. Rogan had used a horse deworming medication. This, however, was a boldface fallacy based on nothing more than a targeted response to attack Mr. Rogan’s persona, image, and standing as a source for information and news with an ambition to make him look like a lunatic despot relying on unproven science as a means to a treatment. Mr. Rogan’s health improved following his doctor’s medical knowledge, medical direction, and advice

CNN, a low-tier news organization reported on their broadcast and on their website that Mr. Rogan had used a horse deworming medication that went to at least 224,000 broadcast viewers and 334,000 website viewers. At the beginning of this article is the definition of slanderous and libelous. CNN spurious reporting on Mr. Joe Rogan was slanderous and libelous. As such, there are numerous factors as to the reasons why Joe Rogan should sue CNN.

1. CNN has not learned its lesson after settling a similar defamation lawsuit involving the fake reporting of the Covington Catholic School and a then 17-year-old student, Nick Sandman. Mr. Sandman had been accused of harassing a Native American protestor and was labeled a white supremacist because he and his classmate were wearing red baseball caps with the words “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN also known as MAGA hats that are linked to President Donald Trump’s political campaign. On the horse de-worming story, CNN has failed to correct the story nor issued an apology to Mr. Rogan.

2. Mr. Rogan’s reputation has been defamed. CNN has appeared to have taken a perverted glee into reporting the misinformation and ridiculing Mr. Rogan as a deranged individual who takes veterinarian medication as a substitute for human medication.

3. CNN dispersed misinformation through cable, satellite, and phone lines that allowed the horse de-worming story to be picked up by several other news outlets that feed into the false story as being authentic. CNN caused this false story to be amplified even further reaching into the market on a global basis.

4. CNN has caused damages to Mr. Rogan’s reputation by having him defend his position and refute the false story on more than one occasion in order to preserve his image and his livelihood and to those who rely on his talent in several forays and enterprises.

5. CNN has enjoined other new outlets into the defamation arena who also reported the false horse de-worming story. This was more so evident with MSNBC and Rachel Maddow who took exceptional delight in reporting the horse de-worming false story.

6. None of the mainstream media, Internet platforms, and social media venues did any fact-checking that they claim to employ to verify the claim. The fact-checking claim only benefits their posture in order to make them look efficient, right, and unbiased when the opposite is suspected.

Mr. Rogan is an affable man. He is not a rug that allows you to easily walk all over him. This CNN dust-up is not over. Mr. Rogan will seek redress on this matter in one form or the other. CNN has played the bully card one time too many. Stay tuned.