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Comment by ChrisMarshallNY | Hacker News Reader

John Oliver did a great segment on it.

I won't link to it, because he seems to piss some of the folks, hereabouts, off.

The problem with John Oliver is that his stuff can be really good, or it can be incredibly one-sided and inaccurate, and the viewer can never tell because his over the top style just kind of relentlessly overwhelms you and is engineered to elicit strong emotions. It's good entertainment but as an informational source his show is very fraught.

Not sure why the chilling effect for linking to it, you have 26k karma, but here it is:

John Oliver: Pig butchering scam.

https://youtu.be/pLPpl2ISKTg

It's not a karma thing. It's a basic desire to play well in the community.

I'm quite aware that not everyone is on the same page, and this just helps to indicate a basic respect for others that may not like him.

As you can see, that didn't actually work, as just the mention of his name, got a ding.

since he only pokes fun at one side, it's hard to tell what the truth is.

This was 100% apolitical. A lot of his stuff is, and his team really does their homework.

The stuff he says before the main story, tends to be quite political, but the main story, itself, is often apolitical.

This is anecdotal and not at all representative. He points out issues on both sides. It's not his fault "one side" tends to warrant that kind of scrutiny so often lately.

What is the 'other side' to people being scammed that you think he should have covered?

There's always the possibility that they weren't scammed.

They being all the people john oliver reported on?

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