We need a show like this in our country. Currently the media is subservient only to its need for eyeballs.
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Oliver\u2019s show threw a wrench into that possible outcome by taking core bits that once were the sole province of\u00a0The Daily Show\u00a0(the punny\/smart-assed headlines, the \u201cgotcha\u201d deconstructions of political chicanery, the \u201cDoes this person I am interviewing know I am putting them on?\u201d segments, the occasionally surreal imagery) and putting them at the service of education. I\u2019ve watched every installment of\u00a0Last Week\u00a0since its debut. Every time, I\u2019ve come away feeling that I\u2019ve truly learned something. In an increasingly degraded journalistic landscape, that\u2019s an astonishing achievement.
\nvia John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight is better than The Daily Show and The Colbert Report: Here’s why.<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We need a show like this in our country. Currently the media is subservient only to its need for eyeballs. Oliver\u2019s show threw a wrench into that possible outcome by taking core bits that once were the sole province of\u00a0The Daily Show\u00a0(the punny\/smart-assed headlines, the \u201cgotcha\u201d deconstructions of political chicanery, the \u201cDoes this person … <\/p>\n