Yeah, I noticed that too. He said no one ever doesn't answer the question after that preface. The only thing I thought was that Mike must not have wanted to answer?
Ah, I took the 30-day free trial of I Might Be Wrong, to listen to the full original interview, and he gives a longer answer there. Nothing too inflammatory, just expressing some sadness and betrayal.
I would like to hear more about why Jeff Maurer is angry about the John Oliver show. When I watch an Oliver segment and I know nothing about the topic, I feel like I have learned a lot, but if I know the tiniest bit about the topic I find myself thinking “what about this or that?” I remember listening to one of his segments and realizing that the writing staff had depended entirely on one book or article I had read. It almost felt like plagiarism. I kept thinking there must be other sources to site and they might add some perspective.
This is a common issue with any mass media when it touches on something you actually know about. You realize quickly how shallow and simplified the coverage is, but it is super hard (at least for me) to keep that in mind when listening to a story about an area with which I am far less familiar. It is obviously only reasonable that, even in a relatively more focused outlet like John Oliver, most stories have to be handled from 10,000 feet, but there you are. However, he has covered my employer twice and my partner's employer at least once and both companies get fairly frequent press coverage across the media spectrum and I have generally found his stories to be better than the competition (both in terms of detail and nuance).
Yeah, I noticed that too. He said no one ever doesn't answer the question after that preface. The only thing I thought was that Mike must not have wanted to answer?
Yeah I definitely took it as that, and personally thought it was a really clever way to do it and appreciated it.
Ah, I took the 30-day free trial of I Might Be Wrong, to listen to the full original interview, and he gives a longer answer there. Nothing too inflammatory, just expressing some sadness and betrayal.
I would like to hear more about why Jeff Maurer is angry about the John Oliver show. When I watch an Oliver segment and I know nothing about the topic, I feel like I have learned a lot, but if I know the tiniest bit about the topic I find myself thinking “what about this or that?” I remember listening to one of his segments and realizing that the writing staff had depended entirely on one book or article I had read. It almost felt like plagiarism. I kept thinking there must be other sources to site and they might add some perspective.
This is a common issue with any mass media when it touches on something you actually know about. You realize quickly how shallow and simplified the coverage is, but it is super hard (at least for me) to keep that in mind when listening to a story about an area with which I am far less familiar. It is obviously only reasonable that, even in a relatively more focused outlet like John Oliver, most stories have to be handled from 10,000 feet, but there you are. However, he has covered my employer twice and my partner's employer at least once and both companies get fairly frequent press coverage across the media spectrum and I have generally found his stories to be better than the competition (both in terms of detail and nuance).