On Sunday, John Oliver launched his fifth Last Week Tonight segment on the coronavirus, this time turning his steely gaze on certain media treatment of the pandemic — and how it’s all feeding back to Donald Trump.
Over the course of a 20-minute teardown, Oliver plays clips from the likes of conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh and Fox News, including unsubstantiated speculation on the effects of the drug hydroxychloroquine on coronavirus, and the “popular conservative narrative” about it being “time to re-open the economy.”
“The problem is, our current president isn’t just the subject of this misinformation,” explains Oliver. “He is, as we all know, also the target of it — often pulling his talking points directly from what he sees.” Read more…
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