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Journalism: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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What it is

A Last Week Tonight segment on the decline of the newspaper industry and what it means for journalism, including local reporting. It uses John Oliver's comedic commentary and references the film Spotlight.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it in discussions of news economics and repackaged reporting, though some commenters say they distrust Oliver as a source.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2017

What HN commenters said

  1. “John Oliver had a great segment on this”

    Segment on news being repackaged from original sources.

    justifier, 2017-03 · Recommendation · in “Who shares the story, not who reports news, is what counts for casual readers”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: journalism, newspapers, john oliver, media economics, local news

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