what people forget is that John Oliver is primarily an entertainer and light troll of the establishment (but generally that's what us brits do to keep busy really).
he does a good rant, says sweary words in the right places and, most importantly, has a team of writers and researchers in the wings whose biases we cannot really know.
He brings plenty to the table in terms of education but never at the expense of the jokes, you only have to watch a show on a subject you're intimately familiar with to catch out the errors in understanding. I like him but you do have to be able to accept that he's not free from bias or error.
what people forget is that John Oliver is primarily an entertainer and light troll of the establishment (but generally that's what us brits do to keep busy really).
he does a good rant, says sweary words in the right places and, most importantly, has a team of writers and researchers in the wings whose biases we cannot really know.
He brings plenty to the table in terms of education but never at the expense of the jokes, you only have to watch a show on a subject you're intimately familiar with to catch out the errors in understanding. I like him but you do have to be able to accept that he's not free from bias or error.