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Re:John Oliver buys $15M in debt and forgives all of it on '... by ThomPete on Monday June 06, 2016 @09:39AM (#11846645)
Thats the reason why I stopped watching it too. No doubt it has something but it's just too one sided IMO. It's bashing from a very specific political angle. I.e. it always possible to know what side of critique he is going to fall down on, and that for me isn't interesting.
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Re:John Oliver buys $15M in debt and forgives all of it on '... by aexaey on Monday June 06, 2016 @09:52AM (#11846727)
Yep. Same here.

He wasn't nearly as judgmental in The Bugle, while being as funny as ever. [1] [2]

[1] http://podcast.timesonline.co.uk/rss/thebuglemp3.rss

[2] https://soundcloud.com/the-bugle

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Re:John Oliver buys $15M in debt and forgives all of it on '... by bsandert on Monday June 06, 2016 @10:22AM (#11846959)
Love that podcast. Really a shame he's stepping down from it.
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Re:John Oliver buys $15M in debt and forgives all of it on '... by bayesian_horse on Monday June 06, 2016 @10:23AM (#11846965)
Somehow, comedians falling on the "political right" side of the argument are rarely funny or insightful...
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Re:John Oliver buys $15M in debt and forgives all of it on '... by defen on Monday June 06, 2016 @11:02AM (#11847252)
I disagree. I don't know Jerry Seinfeld's personal politics but I would argue that Seinfeld was a deeply reactionary show...
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Re:John Oliver buys $15M in debt and forgives all of it on '... by fixermark on Monday June 06, 2016 @12:04PM (#11847759)
Dennis Miller was quite good back in the day.
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Re:John Oliver buys $15M in debt and forgives all of it on '... by jandrese on Monday June 06, 2016 @12:23PM (#11847941)
Maybe Nick Offerman? He has a distinctly libertarian bent to his comedy.
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Re:John Oliver buys $15M in debt and forgives all of it on '... by scotty79 on Monday June 06, 2016 @11:52AM (#11847666)
Milo seems good.
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Re:John Oliver buys $15M in debt and forgives all of it on '... by obiouzera on Monday June 06, 2016 @12:12PM (#11847830)
I don't know american media that well and I can see where you're coming from.

However, I'd be interested to learn which shows you'd say are more balanced, but still take on political or maybe controversial topics.

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