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[–] Onlio 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

You are thinking that everyone agrees that John Oliver is awesome. I find him to be grating. I can't watch him for more than a minute.

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[–] VoatMobile 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

They sell it to the people who consider themselves to be young and hip. You can tell by the teen-style rebellious ambiance of the show.

This is one of the methods they use to make naive people feel like they're clever. The sad reality is that they are being patronized by an actor following a script.

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[–] Flour 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

I like when the left argues Trumps supporters are a bunch of poor, uneducated white voters. Then they go and say all Republicans are a bunch of wealthy elite. Weird dichotomy.

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[–] AinzOown 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

It's an old meme. I'd actually disagree with it in part. The show literally does try to misrepresent facts and get people to believe exactly what they want while trying to look non bias.

Take the Hillary Benghazi coverage they did for example. They brushed over the case against her and simply summed it up like it wasn't a big deal - while not covering any of the real reasons people were upset about Benghazi because if you pull out the shady shit that happened any rational person hits instant outrage. But the whole point of the segment was to make Hillary's scandals look insignificant while also making Trump look bad.

They even compared Hillary's scandals to a cookie with a few bad raisens but 'overall it's still good, everyone has some bad stuff' because you know, even the most die hard libshit has to admit Hillary had a decent number of fucking flaws and red flags.

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[–] AinzOown ago 

Yikes, I missed that one. The cognitive dissonance there is outstanding. I almost want to check it out but I've seen enough of that faggot already.

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[–] Maker_Wolf 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Very interesting observation, although I would argue that all entertainment news shows, including conservative ones use tactics like this.

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[–] a_fucking_dude 1 point 2 points (+3|-1) ago 

OK, I quit TV in the early 90s. Really.

But...

If you actually believe that a psychiatrist posts as anonymous on 4chan to share her professional insights, well, frankly, you've been watching too much fucking TV.

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[–] kestrel9 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

Read it again.

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[–] a_fucking_dude ago 

Watch more TV and believe more 4chan anonymous posts.

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[–] anoncastillo 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Yep. I enjoyed The Daily Show and Colbert well enough under Bush when the criticism was needed, but I started to notice them using their trickery under Obama, and they're right that John Oliver goes way further with it. They've gotten so good at deflecting with mockery that they can't self analyze anymore and it's killing their movement.

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[–] kestrel9 ago 

but I started to notice them using their trickery under Obama

Right. It was comedic open season on Obama, just ask the clown (rodeo). Remember when John Stewart criticized Obama? As I recall he backpedaled on it real quick.

http://www.businessinsider.com/jon-stewart-obama-drone-policy-memo-daily-show-2013-2 and https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/02/jon-stewart-dissects-obamas-love-affair-drones/358305/

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[–] 13276650? 1 point 2 points (+3|-1) ago 

Oldie, but well written

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[–] beece 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

BINGO! WINNER RIGHT HERE.

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