The unexpected war of words has also drawn in the world’s richest man, Elon Musk.
It’s likely that before ABC chair Kim Williams’ National Press Club address on Wednesday, the world’s biggest podcaster, Joe Rogan, had never heard of the urbane public broadcaster boss.
Yet after Williams offered his scathing opinion of Rogan to a room full of Australian journalists, he found himself in the most unlikely of trans-Pacific media spats.Williams sparked the unexpected war of words on Wednesday when he responded to a question about Rogan’s influence on the US election, and whether the ABC should be trying to capture the “bro market” Rogan has cornered with his chart-topping podcast.
“I’m also absolutely in dismay that this can be a source of public entertainment, when it’s really treating the public as plunder for entrepreneurs that are really quite malevolent.” Musk, who owns X, has publicly opposed the Albanese government’s plans to ban children under 16 from using social media.Williams doubled down on his comments on Thursday morning, hitting back at his critics, whom he labelled as being “made of glass.”
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