Rogan promoted the conspiracy theory that Epps was an “agent provocateur” for the feds, a baseless claim that has led to a defamation suit against Fox News.

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    Some of his fans will try to defend him and say he’s being stupid and you’re not supposed to listen to him, ignoring all the people who will.

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      I haven’t heard this, but I HAVE heard how he ISN’T stupid.

      Because you see, you couldn’t have the #1 podcast in the world if you were stupid.

      You couldn’t have the #1 podcast on the world unless it was truthful.

      I’ve had more than one person explain this to me to defend their newly acquired anti Vax stances a la Rogan podcast.

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        It’s the same crowd that’s like “Elon Musk must be a GENIUS because he’s RICH. What have YOU done?”