John Oliver ended Last Week Tonight’s fifth season laying out grim indications that global authoritarianism is on the rise.Authoritarian leaders gain power by perpetuating their own strength, creating popular enemies by demonizing marginalized groups and dismantling institutions. And, Oliver argues, these trends are growing in countries such as Russia, China, …
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John Oliver criticized President Trump‘s “clearly terrible idea” of arming public school teachers in the wake of the Parkland, Florida school shootingon Sunday’s Last Week Tonight. “There are clearly multiple issues with the idea of arming teachers – from the fact that it is not their job to the fact …
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One year after Election Day, the season finale of Last Week Tonight’sJohn Oliver outlined the three main manipulation tactics President Trump uses when engaging with the public and the press: delegitimizing media, “whataboutism” and trolling. The techniques, Oliver says, are “depressively effective.” Many of these persuasive tools were even employed …
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