On Sunday night, John Oliver had a stripped-down version of Last Week Tonight. Like many talk shows, he has opted to not have a studio audience during the coronavirus pandemic. “This isn̵…
“This isn’t going to be our usual show,” he said on a stark white set, admitting that where they usually tape had confirmed cases of coronavirus so they moved to another set with a limited crew.
From here, he began to break down the week in coronavirus including major sports events being suspended as well as Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks and numerous political figures testing positive for COVID-19. “We are clearly in the midst of a rapidly escalating outbreak,” he points out. “It’s difficult to say where things stand.”
“Nothing is fine here,” Oliver said. “The president’s response has sadly been characterized by disorganization and lies.” He continued to unpack Trump’s lies from his Rose Garden press conference on Friday where he called the pandemic a National Emergency — which was good, but as Oliver said, “there was a lot there that was pretty concerning.”
Trump also said that Google is building a website that will drive people to testing facilities and Google immediately clarified saying that they are in the “Tik Tok hamster is my favorite thing in the world,” Oliver gushed. “It is truly sad that a hamster just genuinely offered more useful public health advice in one 12 second Tik Tok than the president has in multiple addresses to the nation.”
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