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  • John Oliver Uses His Show To Talk About Trump’s ‘unhinged’ CNN Tweet

    John Oliver Uses His Show To Talk About Trump’s ‘unhinged’ CNN Tweet

    John Oliver continues to win over fans with his program, Last Week Tonight. He loves covering matters related to President Donald Trump. There seems to be something peculiar with President Donald Trump’s social media usage. Oliver is for sure a keen follower and recently he talked about the President’s “unhinged” CNN tweet terming it a well-calculated strategy meant to take away attention from a critical matter. Oliver believes that the controversial travel ban by the president is not a matter that should be wished away. It needs to be looked into closely and something to be done about it no matter what.

    While addressing his viewers, Oliver said, “Unfortunately, we have to start with the fact that on Thursday, the president sent a series of disgusting tweets about Morning Joe‘s Mika Brzezinski — tweets that were absolutely indefensible. And yet, White House [Deputy] Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the least amusing cast member in a direct-to-DVD faith-based romantic comedy, gave it her very best shot.”

    Sanders statements obviously reflect her allegiance to the President. This is a matter that is sparking hot debates among different people. It is not clear whether Sanders is advising the president appropriately or he is just being insensitive as he continues with his sycophancy.

    The leader has been heard several times running to the defense of the president making claims that he is being attacked mercilessly and unfairly. In giving a warning, he outlined that the president wasn’t happy with the attacks directed at him in the program and would eventually hit back. One is left wondering what happened to the right to criticize objectively.

    Oliver doesn’t seem to be shying away from speaking his mind. In a recent statement, he termed the travel ban a “cruel” and “unnecessary” move which breached the right of many innocent people. It is not the first time he is getting into a controversy involving Trump.

    According to EW, Oliver doesn’t turn a blind eye to the fact that some people may of course be posing a major threat to America. However, he believes that there is a better way to deal with the issue at hand other than placing a travel ban on many innocent people.

  • John Oliver To Face Defamation Charges After Being Sued By Robert E. Murray

    John Oliver To Face Defamation Charges After Being Sued By Robert E. Murray

    “Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver is in trouble after using his show to lambaste one of the country’s enormous coal mining providers. He even moved forward mock its chief executive. Oliver did not seem worried by his comments and he further asserted that it was indeed something that needed to be done.

    In a 24-minute segment on the downfall of the coal industry and the eventual intervention of Donald Trump to bring it back, Oliver was seen to rail against the mining giant Murray Energy Corporation as well its chief executive Robert E. Murray. According to cleveland.com, the company’s chief executive has been caught in numerous instances trying to lay blame of the former president Barrack Obama’s administration.

    In fact, he was quite vocal affirming that it was a making of the “evil agenda” by President Barrack Obama. It is a statement that has been met with mixed reactions among most of the people living in the United States of America, with many terming the official as someone who is just giving excuse to cover up for own his failure.

    While proceeding with his popular show, Oliver said, “I’m going to need to be careful here because when we contacted Murray Energy for this piece, they sent us a letter instructing us to ‘cease and desist from any effort to defame, harass, or otherwise injure Mr. Murray or Murray Energy. They added that failure to comply would result in immediate litigation.”

    The renowned host went ahead to tore at the 77-year-old coal magnate. He termed him a “geriatric Dr. Evil,” who was not performing his duties appropriately. He used to mistreat his employees. Asides from that, he did much to weaken the coal safety regulations through litigation which is not something a good leader should have done. According to him, Murray was “on the same side as black lung.”

    On Wednesday, Murray decided to sue Oliver on defamation claims. The lawsuit was filed in West Virginia circuit court. The top official says the show host had indicated clear intentions to assassinate his character and reputation.