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John Oliver: local news crime coverage gives police ‘a huge lobbying platform’

The Last Week Tonight host looked at how daily crime beat stories can misrepresent crime rates, exacerbate inequities and act as police PR

The Guardian - US

John Oliver on stolen antiquities in western museums: ‘Abject callousness on display’

The Last Week Tonight host digs into the history of stolen artifacts and the market in dubiously sourced antiquities

The Guardian - US

Hillsborough Board of Education votes to approve K-12 social studies curriculum revisions

The Hillsborough Board of Education in New Jersey voted on September 19, 2022, to approve a revised K-12 social studies curriculum. Board members announced they would delay voting on the curriculum until October, but decided to vote to pass the curriculum after hearing public comments from educators and parents. The…

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Brits slam Sky TV for censoring John Oliver’s ‘edgy’ jokes about the queen’s death

A TV network in the United Kingdom has come under fire for censoring a segment about the death of Queen Elizabeth II during the latest episode of “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver.”

Los Angeles Times

Jokes about the Queen’s death cut from UK version of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Sky edited gags that were previously shown in the US

The Guardian - UK

John Oliver’s jokes about Queen cut from UK broadcast of Last Week Tonight

Comments were removed from the UK and Ireland versions of the show

The Independent UK

John Oliver on ‘king of cop shows’ Law & Order: ‘Far from representing reality’

Last Week Tonight host digs into the discrepancy between the reality of law enforcement and the fantasy depicted in show and its many spin-offs

The Guardian - US

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Russell Howard: ‘A new PM to poke fun at? Bring it on’

The comedian speaks to Serena Kutchinsky about finding the funny in politics and loving the new ‘punk rock’ era of TikTok comedians

Evening Standard

Adele storms Creative Arts Emmys as Beatles and James Corden also win big for Britain

John Oliver also represented the British flag at the prestigious awards show on Saturday night as a string of stars from the UK won awards for work on huge TV shows

Daily Mirror

John Oliver on corporate ‘net zero’ proposals: ‘We cannot offset our way out of climate change’

The Last Week Tonight host digs into the overstated promises of corporate carbon neutrality through ‘carbon offset’ schemes

The Guardian - US

John Oliver condemns Last Week Tonight broadcaster HBO after content deleted from streaming platform

HBO star Oliver called the streaming service ‘a series of tax write-offs to appease Wall Street’ on ‘Last Week Tonight’

The Independent UK

John Oliver: ‘Things are going worse in Afghanistan than you may know’

The late night host rang the alarm on the current state of Afghanistan a year after the US withdrew troops, highlighting a ‘grim but important’ topic

The Guardian - US

John Oliver slams Warner Bros for cancelling Batgirl: ‘Burning down my network’

‘We let the vaccine sit unused on a shelf in our reserves like an expired Chobani or a $90m movie on HBO Max,’ Oliver said

The Independent UK

John Oliver slams Warner Bros. over ‘Batgirl’ cancellation while explaining monkeypox

LOS ANGELES — John Oliver managed to weave a pointed dig at his employer, Warner Bros. Discovery, into the latest episode of “Last Week Tonight,” which focused on the spread of the monkeypox virus.

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The Guardian - US

John Oliver on US handling of monkeypox: ‘On a scale of 1 to 100, we scored a no’

The Last Week Tonight host delves into how the US has bungled testing, treating and messaging around the virus

The Independent UK

John Oliver eviscerates Alex Jones over Sandy Hook defamation trial: ‘You f***ed with info and this time info f***ing won’

‘Guess what, Alex? You f***ed with info and this time info f***ing won,’ Oliver said

The Guardian - US

John Oliver: US mental healthcare ‘almost designed to prevent people from accessing it’

The Last Week Tonight host digs into the failures of the US mental healthcare system, which drives people to homelessness and jail

Benzinga

A Lot Of Smart People And Jim Cramer Read Inflation Situation Wrong, Comedian John Oliver Says

A late night comedian has taken aim at CNBC host and stock market personality Jim Cramer over his flip flopping on inflation and being wrong on how bad things really are. Here’s what John Oliver had to say.

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Evening Standard

Commonwealth Games still thinking big with Birmingham 2022 a frontrunner for change

Every four years, questions are posed over the relevance of the Commonwealth Games, their purpose and their future.

The Guardian - US

John Oliver on the causes of the US inflation crisis: ‘An unprecedented perfect storm’

The Last Week Tonight host offers an Economics 101, breaking down the multitude of factors that have caused the worst US inflation in 40 years

Chicago Tribune

Chicago's Cook County hopes to eliminate $1 billion in medical debt. Here’s how

Starting this fall, hundreds of residents across Cook County will receive a note in the mail bearing a simple message: Your medical debt is taken care of.

Sports Illustrated

Mark Andrews Wins 2021 Octopus of the Year Award

The Ravens’ All-Pro tight end discusses his new honor, a memorable Monday night win over the Colts, John Harbaugh’s penchant for two-point conversions and more.

The Guardian - US

John Oliver on end of Roe v Wade: ‘We’re in uncharted territory’

The Last Week Tonight host blasts the ‘absolutely horrifying’ supreme court ruling and digs into the US south-west’s drought

Reason

What John Oliver Gets Wrong About Rising Rents

The comedian largely ignores laws against new supply while arguing we should declare housing a federally funded, government-provided human right.

The Guardian - US

Loud, messy and unapologetic: farewell Wendy Williams, ‘queen of all media’

The host’s eponymous show came to end after 14 years with all the expected bells and whistles – except Williams herself

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