CNN is determined to figure out why Joe Rogan’s podcast “The Joe Rogan Experience” is so darned popular, with millions of listeners around the world. To help crack the case, the media company comprised of journalism graduates and fearless truth-tellers, as Don Lemon might say, interviewed two “experts” as to why Rogan has such a loyal following.
The segment sounded like a parody as it offered the most basic of advice for straight-news journalism — which CNN supposedly partakes in on a daily basis. In short, CNN’s guests reported back that Rogan is successful because he interviews people across the political spectrum, trusts his audience to make up their own mind, and is entertaining thanks to his background in comedy.
That’s it. That’s the secret sauce for the JRE. It’s not really a surprise, but to CNN it deserved its own spotlight and film production.
“Joe Rogan is one of the most popular podcast hosts in the world, despite a series of controversies. CNN Business spoke with a researcher who has studied his appeal to explain why his audience loves him,” CNN tweeted.
“Joe Rogan hosts one of the most popular podcasts in the world,” a voice over says over a montage of Rogan saying that he is not an anti-vax person.
“But despite his claims, he has used his platform to make false and inaccurate statements about COVID-19 and vaccines,” the narrator continues.
