I get what this article is trying to criticize, but Oliver isn't a reactionary, he's just a capitalist left-leaning liberal, like all centrists, he has never implied he was anything but. The same goes for Stewart and Colbert, they're both liberals. Reactionary is reserved for the rightwing, that's what it is by definition, a person who is left leaning and capitalist is a liberal. The rest of the article though is right about a lot of things with Stewart and Oliver, they don't really get to the heart of the problem, they get about 90% there but then fail to actually point out the root causes. They blame certain symptoms, certain smaller issues that contribute, but the greater causes remain untouched.
I get what this article is trying to criticize, but Oliver isn't a reactionary, he's just a capitalist left-leaning liberal, like all centrists, he has never implied he was anything but. The same goes for Stewart and Colbert, they're both liberals. Reactionary is reserved for the rightwing, that's what it is by definition, a person who is left leaning and capitalist is a liberal. The rest of the article though is right about a lot of things with Stewart and Oliver, they don't really get to the heart of the problem, they get about 90% there but then fail to actually point out the root causes. They blame certain symptoms, certain smaller issues that contribute, but the greater causes remain untouched.