Fans debate if Joe Rogan's no-holds-barred remark about old-school media has a secret message for Mark Zuckerberg: "You were just lying to us"

UFC commentator Joe Rogan recently had tech-billionaire Mark Zuckerberg on The Joe Rogan Experience. The episode made huge waves online as several clips from their conversation have been going viral on social media.

One such clip that has been doing the rounds on the internet features Rogan criticising the current state of mainstream media in the United States. Rogan opined how some individuals in mainstream media are not necessarily educated about the issues they are reporting on.

"You have to actually be interested in what you're talking about. That's another thing that they are at a huge disadvantage of and mainstream media is like, they'r just doing that because thats their job. They probably don't even know a lot about climate change. They probably don't really understand what SpaceX is trying to accomplish. They're just reporting on it... It's a terrible format. The problem is, they get locked into that format and no one trusts them. And then they leave and I go, 'Yeah, but you were just lying to us about this, that and the other thing and now I'm supposed to believe you're one of the good guys. You're one of the straight shooters now.'"

Check out Joe Rogan's comments below:

Rogan's comments at the end of the clip caught the public's attention as fans started speculating whether those words were meant to be a subtle message for Zuckerberg and his work at Meta.

One individual claimed that the UFC commentator's statement was 'definitely' aimed towards the Facebook co-founder.

"Yeah it was definitely a subtle message. Telling him how it is and the perception he is gonna have to work through to ever gain trust."

Another person opined that Zuckerberg was not too comfortable during that particular moment in the podcast.

"Oh my, Zuck looks real uncomfortable there."

One user went on to claim that Zuckerberg felt a sense of embarrassment after hearing Rogan's words.

"Wow and Zuck's face tells it all, he got got and showed embarrassment right after."

Check out a compilation of some of the reactions below:

Fans react to Joe Rogan's comments