Joe Rogan interview with Donald Trump was 'refreshingly real' says former GOP strategist

Rogan welcomed Trump to his studio in Austin, Texas to film a three-hour-long recording of the Joe Rogan Experience an interview that led to the former President being hours late for his own planned rally in Michigan.

Harris had also been expected to appear on the podcast at some point but her spokesman Ian Sams said that scheduling difficulties meant it would not be doable.

When asked if there was a shift between old and new media in this presidential race, Goodman said: "The simple answer is, yes, there's a big, big shift going on.

"Take a look at two interviews, the Rogan interview, which was long. It was a long interview in person and it was fascinating, and I don't think many stones were left unturned. And it was refreshingly real. Both ends of it, both from Donald Trump and from Joe Rogan.

"Then you contrast that with an interview on CNN with Jake Tapper and the vice presidential nominee JD Vance, where Jake was trying to roast Donald Trump, and by connection, JD Vance, or a couple of things, and JD Vance fought back and shot back at Jake Tapper for things that they had reported on that were completely, woefully inadequate.

"It is the quintessential example of what I would call the dying, the slow death of the conventional medium, where people in the conventional media are still trying to defend the ramparts right when the rest of the fort is gone."

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When asked about why people were turning away from legacy media, Goodman said: "People don't like the gotcha. They want reality, but they don't like the purposeful laying of traps by people in conventional media.

"I think more and more the public not only distrust but actually dislikes [the media], because there's a sense of arrogance, intellectual arrogance, they feel more than ever from that part of things."

It comes as Vice President Harris' election campaign on Thursday rejected claims by Trump of widespread election fraud in the battleground state of Pennsylvania and said the system was working as it should to identify the small number of issues arising.

A senior Harris campaign official said the campaign was monitoring voting around the country, working with state attorneys general, and tracking any reported problems ahead of the Nov ember 5 presidential election.

Harris warned voters that Trump and his allies would scale back healthcare programs if he wins the White House and said his comments at a Wednesday rally were offensive to women.

In a brief press conference, Vice President Harris reminded voters that former President Trump had tried unsuccessfully to repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, during his 2017-2021 presidency.

"Healthcare for all Americans is on the line in this election," she told reporters in Madison, Wisconsin.

In response, Trump said he does not want to get rid of the program. "I never mentioned doing that, never even thought about such a thing," he posted on his Truth Social platform after she made the remark.