Comparison:
. . . a rip cord he can pull whenever his show veers into tricky territory, or when he wants to distance himself from some of his interview subjects, . . .
New York Times writer Beri Weiss turned a rip cord into a weapon (no small feat) in this Joe Rogan observation. Did it save him?
Context:
Does the man [Joe Rogan] himself buy any of this? I called him to find out.
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‘All the answers are: I don’t think about it. And P.S. I’m dumb,’ he said as a blanket reply to all my questions. I laughed.
This is both an extremely Joe Rogan thing to say and one of his most effective weapons — a rip cord he can pull whenever his show veers into tricky territory, or when he wants to distance himself from some of his interview subjects, like Alex Jones, the Sandy Hook conspiracy theorist. I’m just a comic, he’ll say. The joke’s on you if you take anything I say too seriously. [asterisks in original]
Citation:
Weiss, Bari. “Joe Rogan Is the New Mainstream Media.” New York Times, 25 May 2020. Web.
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