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Originally Posted by combustiblefuel
John oliver shows will always be ace. He went after Obama's short comings.
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I watch every episode of Oliver (I mean I pay for HBO I am dam well going to use it), but his Bernie Bro side bugs me a bit. This isn't to say Obama isn't a fair target, only that I am ranting for the sake of ranting.
Oliver also gets to the whole Daily Show defense- he is a comedy show not a news show. When he puts extremely bias facts up, he doesn't need to show an entire picture and he doesn't.
Omitting key facts to promote an point is a very dangerous thing to do in my view. What is worse is he tries to appear as he is showing both sides of every story to make his audience have less of a critical eye when watching, but he does omit important discussion points.
And for the record, as I said, I quite enjoy his show and watch it every week its on. There is a lot of good in it, and lots of it confirms my own thoughts, which also makes me try to view it more critically.