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> I don't know about his recent activity, but he does has a history of pushing conspiracy theories. Most notably he claimed the moon landing was a hoax.

I subscribe to JRE and this watch it regularly. Rogan has not recently pushed the moon landing was a hoax. I'm not sure where you got that information.

Rogan has discussed how he used to think the moon landing was a hoax many years ago and now thinks the moon landing happened. Rogan also talks about how most conspiracy theorists are sad, lonely people.




>Rogan has not recently pushed the moon landing was a hoax. I'm not sure where you got that information.

You're changing what I said. I said that he previously pushed the view.

It's also not hard to find evidence of that. Here's the first result of a Google search where he claims NASA's footage was faked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_KT7YlVuKI

e: Here's a video debating the topic with Phil Plait.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA3ED2E5D5A8D72CD


> You're changing what I said.

Your comment "Most notably he claimed the moon landing was a hoax." is vague about whether Rogan recently has stated the moon landing is a hoax. I've added your full quote in my reply to let people judge for themselves.

Further:

> pushed the moon landing was a hoax.

is not the same as:

> It's also not hard to find evidence of that... he claims NASA's footage was faked

He does believe some of the footage was faked - there are indeed inconsistencies there that aren't very well explained. That's not the same thing as believing the moon landing didn't occur, which was Joe back in Fear Factor / NewsRadio era. He's 52 now.




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