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   Yuchen Pei (quasi@peister.org)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Dec-2024 20:51:07 JST Yuchen Pei
   Congratulations On Your Independent, Alternative Media, You Disgruntled Consumers
   
   https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/congratulations-on-your-independent
   
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   So on Joe Rogan, speaking to millions of people, Andreessen is confident enough in his knowledge of the CFPB to accuse it of debanking. Then, when people point out that what he’s said is wrong, he suddenly isn’t very familiar with the CFPB, its mission, and its stance on debanking (despite this being public information, and despite one of Andreessen’s companies having had a run-in with the Bureau). This tweet has more than a whiff of How should I know exactly what the deal is? I’m just a simple country tech billionaire. I know little of your “regulations” and “agencies.”
   
   It’s exceptionally disingenuous, is what I’m saying.
   
   Andreessen was aided in his attack on the CFPB by the fact that neither Joe Rogan nor his producer were in a position to push back. That’s one of the problems with Rogan’s show (which, full disclosure, I have been on). It has gotten very, very big, but Rogan is not a naturally skeptical person, so when someone comes onto his show with strong beliefs, an agenda, or both, he tends to get steamrolled by them. And it is hard to fact-check stuff like this in real time, especially if you don’t have any issue-area experts on hand, which Rogan never does. That’s why Rogan didn’t push back at all and accepted, at face value, Andreessen’s story about how the CFPB “terrorizes” people.
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     Yuchen Pei (quasi@peister.org)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Dec-2024 10:15:19 JST Yuchen Pei

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     Does Joe rogan issue errata?
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     Eric Ireland (erici@social.sdf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Dec-2024 12:57:11 JST Eric Ireland

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     @quasi No, but he issued a half-arsed apology video on Instagram (since deleted) about covid misinformation.
     https://www.ft.com/content/1be1b106-d271-4dfd-a1ef-a96d616b155c

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