This is what they mean
If you have never watched Joe Rogan, you may be surprised that he is one of the most watched podcasters in the world, loved and defended by listeners left and and right who see him as an everyman who is full of wit and common wisdom:
Brandy Zadrozny, on NBC’s right wing extremist beat did some real research:
OK. So I’ve got a minute. Why Does Joe Rogan think Australia is trying to make growing your own food illegal? Let’s investigate.
He’s not alone. Twitter search shows lots of folks claiming the same. A lot of the videos and tweets include a screenshot from something called Apex World News.
So who is @apexworldnews? The account is a typical “breaking news” type of misinfo account. No ownership listed, spammy and unverified content. It does list a website. But … expired.
To the Wayback! Site looks junky, serves ads. And much of the content is authored by a “Grace Siwale.” There is a person on Twitter with this name (not linking) and she shares a lot of Apex World News links. She’s also deeply religious and a fan of one particular preacher.
Uebert Angel a British-Zimbabwean who preaches the prosperity gospel. (“God wants you to be rich and he’ll make it so if you … give me money?” I don’t know just go with it.)
And a little Googling shows us that. Angel founded Apex in 2020.
The kind of thing you might read / see on Apex World News? Misinformation Madlibs:
Just for good measure, we can take a look at the website in DomainTools and see that Apex shares a mail server IP with other sites, including those that clearly belong to the preacher.
So, I wouldn’t get my news from a so-called prophet’s junk news site, but you know who might? Rogan fan, vaccine critic, Ivermectin-loving, friend of the IDW, Chris is a self described financial analyst & founder of a self-help/actualization thingie that’s definitely not an MLM.
Anyway, @joerogan. Don’t get your news from here.
Originally tweeted by Brandy Zadrozny (@BrandyZadrozny) on May 17, 2022.
These people will believe anything. They are particularly married to the idea that the pandemic has been used as an excuse by governments everywhere to repress people for nefarious reasons.
