I believe that John Oliver, and the other writers/producers of this show, have done a wonderful job here. I don’t believe that they had anything to gain and, more than likely, have a lot to lose by standing up for truth.

  •  t3rmit3   ( @t3rmit3@beehaw.org ) 
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    Because corporate interests are moving further and further away from the public good, and there’s not really a way to hide that. Fox and all the centrist Republicans found out what happens when your entire narrative is based on pushing more extreme lies in order to insulate your viewers from outside information, and it still doesn’t work; eventually the narrative will run away from you anyways.