A vet, engineer, and podcast host are among the '270 doctors' demanding Spotify take action against Joe Rogan

Last week, 270 so-called "doctors" co-signed an open letter to Spotify demanding the company take action against podcast host Joe Rogan for promoting what they called COVID-related "misinformation."

The media rushed to circulate the letter, running headlines that cast Rogan as a "menace to public health," as asserted by the group.

A closer look however found that the majority of the signatories are either not direct medical providers, or are not legally permitted to practice medicine on their own. Nearly 100 of them reportedly hold Ph. D. degrees but do not regularly practice.

The letter addressed Rogan's now-viral episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience," in which virologist and immunologist Dr. Robert Malone criticized the vaccine and voiced concerns over mass formation psychosis.

The Guardian, Forbes, Rolling Stone, Washington Post and others published the story, describing a strong coalition of doctors who asked Spotify to "implement a misinformation policy."

Only 87 of the signatories are medical doctors or doctors of osteopathic medicine, though, the conservative news site The Blaze found. Signatories include numerous nurse practitioners, veterinarians, a dentist, and close to 100 Ph. D.s and Ph.D. candidates.

Psychologists, physicians' assistants, medical students, an engineer, and a podcast host also made the list.

The group urged Spotify to "take action against mass-misinformation events" on its platform, blasting Rogan for pushing "misleading ... (Read more)

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