By Megan Fox - September 7, 2021

Joe Rogan is back on the air after his short bout with COVID, and he’s not happy about the treatment he got by the media while he was away. Rogan blasted CNN during his show for spreading falsehoods about the therapy he was prescribed by his doctor, according to Raw Story:

“Do I have to sue CNN?” Rogan asked his guest, stand-up comedian Tom Segura, referring to a video where Rogan announced that he was taking ivermectin along with other medications. “They’re making sh*t up — they keep saying I’m taking horse dewormer. I literally got it from a doctor. It’s an American company — they won the Nobel Prize in 2015 for use in human beings, and CNN is saying I’m taking horse dewormer.”

“They must know that’s a lie,” Rogan continued, later adding, “If the internet is saying it, who cares? But CNN is saying it.”

Though the term “horse dewormer” stands out in my memory as the preferred descriptor the media has been using for ivermectin, a thorough search on CNN did not turn up any references to it. The Wayback Machine also appears not to have caught any instances of it. Instead, they’re using the term “drug meant for livestock,” which isn’t much better.

Watch CNN’s Erin Burnett barely concealing her disgust at the idea of Joe Rogan taking medicine “used for livestock” here.

The network does appear to be stepping back from its rabid anti-ivermectin rampage after many in the mainstream press were caught pushing a fake story about ivermectin overdoses that didn’t happen.

The Independent ran a story smearing Rogan and claiming that he took a “horse dewormer,” entitled: “Ivermectin: Why are US anti-vaxxers touting a horse dewormer as a cure for Covid?”

The Washington Post did it too . . .

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