Podcast giant Joe Rogan held no punches towards CNN’s Don Lemon after the anchor doubled down on his network’s “horse dewormer” narrative.
Last week, Rogan accused CNN of “lying” about his use of ivermectin during his recovery from COVID as the network repeatedly described the treatment as a “horse dewormer” and a “livestock drug” despite its human form being prescribed to him by a doctor.
Following Rogan’s tense podcast sit-down with CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, who was forced to admit his colleagues should not have made such claims, Lemon was on the defensive.
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“He did say something about ivermectin that I think wasn’t actually correct about CNN and lying,” Lemon began. “Ivermectin is a drug that is commonly used as a horse dewormer. So it is not a lie to say that the drug is used as a horse dewormer. I think that’s important- and it’s not approved for COVID, correct?”
“That’s right,” Gupta responded. “It is not approved for COVID and you’re right, even the FDA put out a statement saying basically reminding people- it’s a strange sort of message FDA, but said ‘You’re not a horse, you’re not a cow, stop taking this stuff’ is essentially what they said referring to ivermectin. Now, I think Joe’s point is that-
“That it’s been approved for humans but not necessarily for COVID, right?” Lemon interjected.
“That’s correct,” Gupta continued. “It’s been used for a parasitic disease- it’s called river blindness and it’s been very effective for that, but, you know, just because it works for one thing doesn’t mean it works for something else.”
On Tuesday’s installment of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” Rogan fired back at Lemon as well as his network.
“This is what’s so funny about that. They don’t understand that when they say things that are absolutely untrue, it diminishes their authority. They’re not even aware of what they’re doing,”…
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