John Oliver and Jon Stewart are not journalists, they're comedians.Jon Oliver FYI is one of the very few real journalists out there who still has his integrity along with Jon Stewart
It is the duty of those who write for them to make them look like they have some semblance of journalistic integrity. And even in that they fuck up big time.
As things stand now, they are merely sock puppets, whose job it is to read whatever the interest group of the week gave them to read in a humorous way, in order to influence the masses.
If you have any doubts, I challenge you to sit through one episode of "Strike force five" podcast, which John Oliver and his fellow late night hosts started to fill the void during the 2023 WGA-SAG-AFTRA dual strike.
Here's the link:
Strike Force Five
Podcast · Strike Force Five · Late night talk show hosts Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and John Oliver are teaming up for a new podcast to support their striking writers and out of work staffs. Strike Force Five! welcomes you to a conversation between five rival...
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