John Oliver

Again - why's all the journalism happening on half-hour comedy shows?

And y'know, something just kinda popped into my brain: people ask why there's so much crap on TV news, and the TV news gurus always tell us it's because there's just too darn much time to fill - they can't help it - they just gotta find lotsa stuff to put on the air.  

Well, TV gurus, maybe what ya need to consider is filling some of that vast expanse of time with greater efforts to check out the potentially bullshit claims of your guests(?)  Can you imagine what happens when you call for a short pause to check out the statements made by whatever talking head is holding forth at the moment?  

Maybe you could do it during the commercial breaks. Or maybe you could watch Pardon The Interruption on ESPN once or twice and see how Tony and Mike do it.

I don't have all the answers here btw, but please don't gimme that usual crap about how you have to play nice with these jokers because if you don't you'll "lose access" to them.  

Here's the logical response to that: Yeah, so fucking what?  What exactly do we lose if the parade of fuckwits is suddenly devoid of fuckwits?  

I think it's a pretty safe bet that the vacuum won't be empty for long.

Another btw - stop cowering in response to the "Gotcha Journalism" slam.  That's your job, Skeezix.  Should we piss and moan about how the cops are always playing "Gotcha Law Enforcement"?   And when you're overdrawn at the bank, are they just trying to fuck you over with their "Gotcha Accounting"? 

C'mon - do your fuckin' job.