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U.S. authorities continue to seek answers to understand why a former military officer decided to attack a crowd celebrating New Year’s Eve in New Orleans and end the lives of 15 people. While Donald Trump and Elon Musk believed it would’ve been done by a non-US citizen who crossed borders under Joe Biden’s presidency, the information gathered so far indicates that Decorated U.S. Army Special Forces Master Sgt. Matthew Livelsberger was behind the attack. And how do we know that he was behind it all? Well, it was an email that revealed the alleged truth. An email that Joe Rogan is very skeptical of.
As per reports, Sgt. Livelsberger sent an email to retired Army intelligence officer and military pundit, Samuel Shoemate. There he told all about his haunting experience in the military and the troubles of his personal life; however, there were no hints or motives behind his actions explained in the mail. This has left many skeptical about whether or not the former military officer pulled off the deed, and one of those skeptics is the UFC commentator, as he retweeted a video on X that asks major questions about the evidence gathered by the authorities. At the same time, the caption written by Rogan attacked the $569.70 billion media industry.
Criticizing the lack of concrete proof before reporting news, Joe Rogan wrote, “There’s never been a more interesting time to be confused about almost everything in the news.” The video shared by the JRE host shows journalist Ian Carroll trying to debunk most of the claims made by the modern media. In the almost 10-minute video, he takes a major jibe at the email, which seems to have been faked, the Green Beret’s passport surviving the fire that left his own body charred, the news report that Sgt. Matthew Livelsberger shot himself with a Desert Eagle handgun; however, no one around the car ever heard a shot. There were many other claims that really piqued the interest of Joe Rogan.
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There’s never been a more interesting time to be confused about almost everything in the news. https://t.co/JMrIWBCkr6
— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) January 4, 2025
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So, it looks like Joe Rogan is miffed at the media yet again for failing to do their bit of investigative journalism to debunk it all. A task that people like Ian Carroll are left to do while other major news networks report on anything they come across without verification. However, this isn’t the first time the Joe Rogan Experience host has taken a jibe at the $569.70 billion industry.
Joe Rogan takes a shot at CNN and MSNBC
The 2024 November election season was truly exciting, to say the least. And the results gave the JRE host the laugh of a lifetime. While every exit poll on major media networks such as CNN and MSNBC showed that it would be the Democrat Kamala Harris who would become the new President of the United States, it was actually Donald Trump who ended up winning the whole thing by a landslide. This was a crucial error in judgment by the two major networks and something that they had to pay a major price for.
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After the election results came out, the two channels suffered a major decline in viewership. The shares began to plummet, and ratings were down by as much as 80%. This led Joe Rogan to give a reality check to the channels as to why they are losing all the viewership they once had. On JRE #2231, the JRE host said, “They’re both on the chopping block. CNN is talking about mass layoffs of talent because nobody believes them anymore.” He further added, “That’s unacceptable if you’re the voice of the news in the world. It’s unacceptable for a large percentage of what you’re saying to be completely full of s–t.”
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Is Joe Rogan right about the media's credibility crisis, or is he just stirring the pot?
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While other networks such as Fox News had an average of 2.23 million viewers from November 6th to 13th, MSNBC and CNN had just 550,000 and 399,000, respectively. Now, with no concrete reporting still being done by the major networks, it seems like the downfall of modern media will continue for quite a while. But what do you think? Is the media industry hitting an all-time low when it comes to credibility? Do you agree with Joe Rogan? Let us know in the comments.
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Is Joe Rogan right about the media's credibility crisis, or is he just stirring the pot?