His SocDem-ish analysis of some of America's domestic issues are a decent starting point. It's just that he doesn't ever really propose solutions to any of the problems beyond "vote democrat and maybe they'll help". I was kind of in the same boat, I used to watch his show pretty regularly whenever they uploaded something, but stopped when I realized that he has some horrendous ideas about the rest of the world.
Which leads me to the following thought:
John Oliver is only ever as good as his writers and his researchers, and if they have an implicit trust in other american media-orgs, and rely partly on state department directions, then his episode is going to be filled with :brainworms:
Keep in mind that this is an extremely charitable take/explanation for why his episodes have so many brainworms, and there is a pretty good case to be made that even if there is 0 intent to be state propaganda, he still should be treated like a state department spokesperson based on the material outcome of his actions.
His SocDem-ish analysis of some of America's domestic issues are a decent starting point. It's just that he doesn't ever really propose solutions to any of the problems beyond "vote democrat and maybe they'll help". I was kind of in the same boat, I used to watch his show pretty regularly whenever they uploaded something, but stopped when I realized that he has some horrendous ideas about the rest of the world.
Which leads me to the following thought: John Oliver is only ever as good as his writers and his researchers, and if they have an implicit trust in other american media-orgs, and rely partly on state department directions, then his episode is going to be filled with :brainworms: Keep in mind that this is an extremely charitable take/explanation for why his episodes have so many brainworms, and there is a pretty good case to be made that even if there is 0 intent to be state propaganda, he still should be treated like a state department spokesperson based on the material outcome of his actions.