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Re:Sinclair Made Dozens of Local News Anchors Recite the Sam... by ModernMech on Monday April 02, 2018 @02:47PM (#16737857)
> That given he is comedian, his reporting is less credible or audience should receive his stories less seriously or what?

As he is primarily known as a comedian, there is no way to confuse him as a journalist doing "news reporting". This calibrates the critical thinking dial in my brain.

> Given that he throws a joke from time to time, does it mean that it's less reporting and more comedy?

Have you watched the show? The joke to content ratio is very high.

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Re:Sinclair Made Dozens of Local News Anchors Recite the Sam... by akoncius on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @02:26AM (#16742339)
you are confusing jokes with fiction. It is possible to tell true story with additional jokes there and there without fiction. And I think here is confusion - for me Last Week Tonight seems like serious show which tries to do a lot of research to present some facts to audience in entertaining way.
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