Podcaster Joe Rogan’s highly-watched question and reply pinch erstwhile President Donald Trump has racked up much than 35 cardinal views but fans searching for it connected YouTube whitethorn person a difficult clip uncovering it — starring to accusations of censorship against nan Google-owned site.
A hunt connected YouTube utilizing nan position “Joe Rogan Trump” aliases “Joe Rogan Donald Trump” did not bring up Friday’s three-hour sit-down astatine nan apical of nan list. The Spotify question and reply besides was notably absent from YouTube’s trending page connected Monday.
Instead, users were offered results of videos from accepted media outlets, for illustration The Hill, MSNBC and Fox News, and their sum of nan interview.
An unrelated clip from “Saturday Night Live” moreover topped nan results up of Rogan’s interview.
The trouble successful uncovering nan video has led galore Trump fans to impeach Google of censorship up of adjacent week’s election.
“YouTube does not return nan nexus to nan afloat Joe Rogan/Trump question and reply nary matter really I effort to hunt for it,” one personification said successful a station connected X. “There is nary sensible mentation for this, and if deliberate, Google is overtly interfering pinch nan elections.”
Musk responded to nan user’s station successful agreement: “Unreal.”
Google did not instantly respond to The Post’s petition for comment.
The hunt elephantine has faced akin accusations of spitting retired antagonistic articles astir Trump arsenic nan main query results erstwhile seeking predetermination coverage.
When users searched YouTube for “joe rogan,” nan question and reply did popular up adjacent nan apical of nan results page.
Viewers person near a flood of comments underneath nan question and reply accusing YouTube of foul play.
One personification questioned why a hunt for nan question and reply connected Google populated anti-Trump results.
The personification included a screenshot of a communicative astatine nan apical of nan Google results page from The Arizona Republic titled “Opinion: Donald Trump’s Joe Rogan question and reply was a brain-rotted discarded of 3 hours.”
“How did The Arizona Republic rocket to nan apical of hunt results for Joe Rogan Trump interview? I wonder,” nan personification wrote.
“Wow,” Musk replied.
Fans had besides accused Google of censoring nan video erstwhile it was initially posted.
The video was “unlisted” erstwhile it was first uploaded to YouTube, truthful it did not look successful immoderate hunt results.
Rogan clarified that nan “unlisted” video was conscionable a glitch pinch Spotify, not a consequence of blacklisting.
“There is nary rumor pinch YouTube censoring nan trump episode,” Rogan wrote successful a station connected X connected Friday. “It was conscionable expected to spell unrecorded connected some Spotify and YouTube astatine nan aforesaid clip and location was a glitch successful Spotify’s upload strategy and truthful we delisted nan YouTube nexus until it’s fixed. It should beryllium good now.”