Musician Neil Young’s attempt to force Spotify to censor Joe Rogan’s podcast has failed miserably, with Young deleting the open letter he posted on his website.
The 70’s rocker tried to give Spotify an ultimatum that they had to remove Rogan or delete his music catalogue.
Young accused Spotify of “spreading fake information about vaccines” because Rogan dares to have in depth discussions with esteemed doctors who don’t blindly follow the COVID narrative.
“I am doing this because Spotify is spreading fake information about vaccines – potentially causing death to those who believe the disinformation being spread by them,” he wrote. “Please act on this immediately today and keep me informed of the time schedule.”
“I want you to let Spotify know immediately TODAY that I want all my music off their platform,” he added. “They can have Rogan or Young. Not both.”
While Young may have got some traction on Twitter from the usual crowd of COVID bedwetters and censorship freaks, his efforts have proven completely futile.
Indeed, Spotify is yet to even offer an official response to his public relations stunt.
The rock icon tells Spotify to remove his music: “They can have Rogan or Young. Not both." https://t.co/fs1RExkPpI
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) January 25, 2022
The singer-songwriter appears to have already backed out of the ultimatum given that he deleted the open letter he had posted to his website.
“Young likely realized that he has no grounds to make the demands. Rogan has an exclusive deal with Spotify and Young sold 50% of the rights to his music to a British investment company a year ago,” writes Christina Maas.
Neil Young’s public hissy fit merely appears to have been a play for attention given that he, like Howard Stern, who also routinely attacks Rogan, is becoming increasingly irrelevant.
Specifically, Rogan enjoys an average of over 11 million listeners per episode, with some hitting as high as 40 million, while Young attracts 6 million listeners per month in comparison.
Indeed, the musician previously demanded that Donald Trump stop playing his hit ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’ at his rallies, only to subsequently admit he had no legal power to do so.
“DT does not have my permission to use the song ‘Rockin’ In The Free World’ at his appearances,” said Young in 2018. “Legally, he has the right to, however it goes against my wishes.”
This is the second time in the space of two weeks that a lobbying campaign to have Rogan deplatformed has failed.
The mainstream media tried to hype a letter supposedly ‘signed by 270’ doctors demanding Spotify cancel Rogan, only for it to swiftly emerge that the majority of the signatories were not medical doctors.
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