John Oliver busts paid local news

[Steve Timko]

https://youtu.be/sIi_QS1tdFM

[PGage]

...and the website they created about the fake product they placed on three local “news” programs...

https://www.venusinventions.com/

On Mon, 24 May 2021 at 12:26 AM Steve Timko <steve...@gmail.com> wrote:

https://youtu.be/sIi_QS1tdFM

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[Marti Lawrence]

I thought the entire segment was brilliant. The fake spokeswoman described the fake product with enthusiastic confidence, and the hosts just nodded along, appearing to be convinced of the product's effectiveness.

Hilarious and horrifying at the same time - perfect Oliver. 

~Marti

[Mark Jeffries]

Technically the stations call them "lifestyle" programs, but they still have anchorish hosts and newsish lower thirds and most people don't know the difference.

The bad thing is that no one will probably lose their job for being snookered by John Oliver.

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[M-D November]

When John was setting up the Sue Simmons clip (which, I'll agree, is EPIC), I thought for SURE he was setting up THIS gem from FOX5 New York:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sVVl2EKgUU