John Oliver is the second coming of Edward R. Murrow.

If you're not watching Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, you're missing out on a cultural phenomenon -- the rebirth of television news as a force for good.
We marvel at tales of yesterday in which a plucky news team led by a charismatic journalist in the person of Edward R. Murrow could not only report the news fairly, accurately and honestly, but wit…
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