Liberals need feminist version of Joe Rogan to capture 'lost' males, says MSNBC guest



Defeated and dejected Democrats continue to seek answers in the wake of their electoral implosion, and some even believe they need a feminist version of Joe Rogan.

'When a man is just lost and lonely and not yet radicalized, we don't have the equivalent of Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson to move that man in a feminist direction.'

Writer Anand Giridharadas made the case while a guest on MSNBC Friday, when he criticized the right-wing "media ecosystem" that had radicalized "lonely" males.

"It's not a good one. It's a negative one. It's a — it's a radicalization funnel," he explained.

"But what they have done in their online media ecosystem is build a radicalization engine, literally the way militant groups do around the world, that takes people from relatively low-level annoyances with the world: 'Why are eggs so expensive? Why is my kid learning this new thing in American history in school that I didn't learn?' And then moves them through YouTube videos, through podcasts, moves them from that annoyance all the way, slowly, slowly, slowly, to a full-blown fascist politics," said Giridharadas.

"It's an elaborate, multibillion-dollar infrastructure, and there is nothing like it on the pro-democracy side," he continued. "When a man is just lost and lonely and not yet radicalized, we don't have the equivalent of Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson to move that man in a feminist direction."

Video of the bizarre suggestion was widely circulated on social media.

President-elect Donald Trump went through a three-hour interview on the incredibly popular "The Joe Rogan Experience" podcast just ahead of Election Day.

Rogan said that he extended the same invitation to appear on the podcast to Vice President Kamala Harris, but the issue became contentious after the Harris campaign said it was unwilling to fly her to Rogan's studio. Rogan said the campaign told him she wanted a shorter time period and wanted him to come to her, which he refused to do.

Harris defenders were furious at Rogan for what they saw as a disrespectful attitude against the candidate.

Trump went on to soundly defeat Harris, and Democrats are furiously seeking answers.

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MSNBC analyst accuses Fox News of goading viewers into 'terrorism,' and asks if it should be 'allowed to exist'



MSNBC analyst Anand Giridharadas made the case for outlawing the Fox News cable network based on his estimation that they goaded viewers into "terrorism" after the rioting at the U.S. Capitol.

"It's time for this question to be front and center: Should Fox News be allowed to exist? Brain-mashing as a business model shouldn't be legal," tweeted Giridharadas on Friday.

It’s time for this question to be front and center: Should Fox News be allowed to exist? Brain-mashing as a busines… https://t.co/JKhVTaQFmz
— Anand Giridharadas (@Anand Giridharadas)1611320394.0

The first tweet of Giridharadas thread received more than 3.8k retweets and more than 16.2k likes on Twitter.

"I'm not a lawyer, but I don't understand why you're not allowed to manufacture bucatini that doesn't have a certain threshold of iron in it but you can broadcast brain-mashing falsehoods and goad people toward terrorism," he continued.

"If the Fairness Doctrine, applying to broadcast, was constitutional, why would a new Fairness Doctrine, applying more broadly, be a violation of that same Constitution?" asked Giridharadas.

The Fairness Doctrine, originally implemented in 1949 by the United States Federal Communications Commission, required media outlets with a broadcasting license to present both sides of a controversial political issue fairly and equally. The FCC ended the policy in 1987 because it stifled free speech.

"Twelve percent of Americans supported the terrorist insurrection on the Capitol. After the fact. You cannot pin this only on leaders. This has been institutionalized incitement in which the media played a giant role, and democracy is endangered by it," Giridharadas continued.

He recognized that such a policy could be abused, but added, "none of that means, to me, that a business model of incitement and falsehood is absolutely protected."

Giridharadas' suggestion was immediately denounced as "fascist" by some critics on social media, while others questioned the practicality of banning Fox News.

"Curious where @AnandWrites thinks the Fox audience should go? Should they not have news outlets at all, should they go to a new conservative outlet that will somehow suck less than Fox, should they learn to love CNN? What's the plan?" asked Matt Taibi of Rolling Stone.

"I am amazed that people keep suggesting this without thinking through the obvious consequences. If the government could shut down Fox News, think what the Trump admin would have done to CNN, MSNBC, NY Times, WaPo and more," responded Tech editor Mike Masnick.