Anything that persuades news consumers to pause before sharing is a good start and helps keep misinformation from polluting our information ecosystem.
Author: Rebecca Polly Leider
To answer this question, you might go straight to the source. Since launching his HBO series Last Week Tonight in 2014, John Oliver has repeatedly shot down suggestions that his work is a form of journalism. “No, I’m not a journalist at all,” he told CBS News. “Obviously, I’m a comedian.”
