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John Oliver Dings ‘Dancing With The Stars’ & Mocks Deadline’s Coverage Of ‘Last Week Tonight’


John Oliver took a subtle swipe at Deadline’s coverage of Last Week Tonight in the latest episode of his HBO show. The British comedian mocked this very publication in a segment about medicine, doctors and state medical boards. We were the latest television target after Oliver slammed Dancing with the Stars in a segment about […]

We were the latest television target after Oliver slammed Dancing with the Stars in a segment about North Carolina Republican Mark Robinson, who compared it to Stalin’s showtrials. It was not unlike our coverage of Hasan Minhaj’s speech at the Independent Spirit Award s, where he said that we have the “web layout of a Craigslist ad” but admitted this site “governs our lives”. In terms of Dancing with the Stars, Oliver discovered some rather odd views about reality shows from Robinson, the Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, who was compared to “Martin Luther King on steroids” by Donald Trump.

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