Author: Mikey <[email protected]>     Reply to Message
Date: 3/12/2017 5:12:22 PM
Subject: RE: John Oliver

"John Oliver isn't just a comedy show, he cites sources, shows the interview or clip that is relevant and says funny shit. So because there's comedy involved it's somehow less reliable? All he's doing is airing the words coming out of trumps own mouth or his Twitter feed. He does it in a way that just makes sense."

Using humour in the way he does while scoring politically motivated points is, imo, intellectually irresponsible. He uses editing to make his opponents look as foolish as possible, while setting himself up for cheap smackdowns. Again, I actually don't hold this against him in isolation - he's a comedian - but I do bristle when his work is held up as if it has any journalistic credibility.

If he is forced to choose between getting a laugh and being intellectually honest - he chooses the laugh.
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