Science podcaster calls Spotify's support of Joe Rogan a 'slap in the face'


FILE PHOTO The Spotify logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange NYSE in New York U.S. May 3 2018. REUTERSBrendan McDermid

FILE PHOTO: The Spotify logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., May 3, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

(Reuters) - The executive producer and host of Gimlet Media's Science Vs podcast said she would devote her fact-checking show exclusively to contradicting misinformation on other podcasts carried by parent company Spotify.

The announcement by Wendy Zukerman builds on protests by Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and others against Spotify's Joe Rogan Experience Podcast. They say Spotify is not doing enough to prevent the spread of COVID-19 misinformation.

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