I love all these people who say things in defense of alleged “entertainers” who play at being news people like, ‘Oh, they’re just being funny.’ No, they’re not. People like John Oliver and the writers who facilitate him push propaganda. Why? Because they’re paid to do so. And it seems like they’re telling you the truth — if you’re the average person who’s not going to check their sources — because they’re on TV.
Well, Oliver has been debunked time after time after time after time throughout the years by political commentators like Steven Crowder and Tim Pool.
So it should come as no surprise that Oliver and his HBO team are the subject of a lawsuit filed by a doctor who used to be a healthcare executive.
In the lawsuit, Dr. Brian Morley says that Oliver “wildly misrepresented” comments he made on separate occasions and combined them to make him look bad, essentially defaming him and hurting his reputation within his profession.
According to Mediaite:
Dr. Brian Morley — a former medical director at AmeriHealth Caritas — filed the federal lawsuit Friday, accusing Oliver and his HBO team of “knowingly and falsely” portraying him as someone who thinks “it’s OK if people have shit on them for days.” That’s how Oliver reportedly characterized Morley’s 2017 testimony on in-home nursing care for disabled Medicaid recipients — but the doctor says the comedian wildly misrepresented what he actually said.[…]
Morley claims his actual testimony referred to “average individuals” who may not wipe perfectly but are still mobile. He was explaining the nuances of care, not advocating neglect, his lawyers argued in a filing seen exclusively by The Independent.
During the segment, Oliver condemned what he described as a “nearly 900 percent increase” in care denials. But Morley’s legal team says the show’s producers ignored the real context to manufacture a viral moment.
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Podcaster and political commentator Tim Pool opined on the lawsuit, saying that Oliver lies on his show every single time.
“John Oliver lies all the time,” Pool said in a Tuesday segment. “His show is basically just lies, manipulated, out-of-context information. This is what the media does.”
Pool said he could produce the same kind of show Oliver does just to make money, but he’s more interested in the truth.
“I’m much more concerned about stopping scumbags like him, who fabricate, fake information, manipulate context to make money,” Pool added. “He is the epitome of evil.”
For his part, Morley states in the lawsuit that he wants a full retraction from Oliver and his show, “Last Week Tonight,” the deletion of the episode, and damages.
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