On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 12:00 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Only thing Oliver didn't address is, to me, the one thing that needs > addressing, specifically that you can't be critical of American government > spying on its citizens while living in freakin' Russia. Otherwise a decent > interview. > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 9:18 AM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Oliver did a 33-minute segment last night (the episode was expanded to 45 >> minutes) on government surveillance, which was, naturally, outstanding. >> During that segment, he conducted an interview with Edward Snowden that, >> quite simply, outshines his Kirsten Gillibrand interview. It was serious, >> it was powerful, it was forceful, and at the end it became ridiculous, but >> not in a bad way: he manages to use an incredible metaphor to actually >> *explain* the Patriot Act. >> >> https://youtu.be/XEVlyP4_11M >> >> He can deny it, but it's unquestionably true: John Oliver and LWT are one >> of the best journalism outlets in this country today. >> > I have to side more with Joe than Kevin here; I thought Oliver's interview was literally perfect in every way. I think he did address the issue Kevin raises, with the bits about being spied on by the Russians in the shadow of the former KGB. He hit Snowden hard, without blinking or compromising, while also making very clear what Snowden's basic goal was. The cliche that TDS was the best source of news for young people has never been close to being true, but LWT is something completely different - it is much more funny news than it is fake news. I don't think any news program has done anywhere near as good a job as telling the Snowden story as Oliver did, and in many ways I thought it superior to Citizenfour. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
