John Oliver Blasts Rush Limbaugh, Right-
Wing Misinformation About Coronavirus
Vanity Fair,
by
Christopher Rosen
Original Article
Posted By: Harlowe,
4/20/2020 3:28:30 PM
A fired-up John Oliver laid into right-wing media on Sunday, excoriating Rush Limbaugh and Fox News hosts for continuing to downplay the coronavirus pandemic--and blaming them for the recent string of protests against stay-at-home orders and social distancing measures. (Snip) It wasn't just Limbaugh who had Oliver incensed on Sunday. The host also criticized Fox News hosts for continuing to downplay the number of coronavirus deaths in America (a number that has now topped 41,000), citing numerous examples from the likes of Sean Hannity, Jesse Watters, and Tucker Carlson.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Northcross 4/20/2020 3:33:41 PM (No. 385772)
Who is John Oliver? Never heard of him. Would they report if my barber went on a rant against congressional Democrats? Then why is this news?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
marbles 4/20/2020 3:43:46 PM (No. 385776)
Look at the source. Vanity Fair...........it doesn't get any more left wing.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Peeps 4/20/2020 3:45:18 PM (No. 385778)
How is this important? Other than another example of left-wing derangement and hatred.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Grounded 4/20/2020 3:47:08 PM (No. 385779)
I have never heard of John Oliver. Nor do I have any interest in becoming acquainted with him any time soon.
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I had to look up the name to see who John Oliver was. As soon as I saw his face, I remembered him as one of the idiots in 2016 who said that Donald Trump would NEVER be President.
Check out the video for a good laugh!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
blueline 4/20/2020 3:51:11 PM (No. 385784)
Who?
Rush is a clear-headed friend to millions through his show. We value his opinion and insight into the state of things.
This "John" and his opinions mean less than nothing.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 4/20/2020 4:00:23 PM (No. 385788)
John Oliver? The cheerleader?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
MickTurn 4/20/2020 4:04:28 PM (No. 385790)
John Oliver is just another Lib big mouth who is looking for his 15 minutes of fame to launch his career into a CNN Gig so he can lie for a living.
Any more questions, refer to the book, 'Go Pound Sand......'
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
john56 4/20/2020 4:07:52 PM (No. 385797)
How to get your name in the papers/internet
1. Bash Republicans/Trump/Conservatives/Radio Talk Show Hosts (see John Oliver)
2. Bash Republicans/Trump/Conservatives/Radio Talk Show Hosts if you are a Republican (see Mitt Romney)
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Old Army Vet 4/20/2020 4:33:18 PM (No. 385809)
Who is John Oliver and why does he matter?
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
DVC 4/20/2020 4:34:20 PM (No. 385810)
I was going to post exactly the first two sentences of #1's post.
He can drop dead.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
HammerDax56 4/20/2020 4:34:29 PM (No. 385811)
Is he a cook?
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Toby Ten Bears 4/20/2020 4:35:32 PM (No. 385812)
We won't have free speech for you right-wingers!! Antifa... go ahead and commit violence, mayhem and destruction of property!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
ronniethek 4/20/2020 4:39:43 PM (No. 385814)
Butthole Brit-return to your native land please.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
StrikingViking 4/20/2020 4:40:00 PM (No. 385817)
The numerator (number of deaths caused by CCP Flu) is being vastly padded. Anyone who dies and either tested positive for CCP Flu or is ASSUMED to be positive is listed as a CCP Flu-caused death. The actual cause of death is ignored. There are no autopsies, no inquests, nothing, just assumptions. There are financial and political benefits for inflating the numerator as much as possible.
The denominator (number of people who have or have recovered from CCP Flu) is being vastly understated. This is due to a lack of testing and a complete disinterest in random sampling. A random sampling of a California county showed that far more people were infected than was believed.
The Left keeps hollering "Trust the science." OK, let's do some real science, not the junk science being peddled by folks who value power more than the public welfare.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
cor-vet 4/20/2020 4:40:51 PM (No. 385818)
Looked him up. He's one of those liberal 'stars' that Tucker and Hannity and the rest of the Fox News conservatives show on those montages, always wrong and generally making an azz of himself.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
AltaD 4/20/2020 4:46:21 PM (No. 385824)
Can't we send him and his fellow Brit, the tubby one who thinks he's a singer, back to the UK?
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
stablemoney 4/20/2020 4:47:25 PM (No. 385828)
I listened to Rush today. Wonderful. Said the shutdown was never necessary. So right. That's why Rush is number 1. And Trump is the only person that would have ever reversed socialism, and the the only person that could have. All this is a vivid reminder of how close we were to losing our freedoms and this country. It's great that there are so many people that are never going to let that happen.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
zzzghy 4/20/2020 4:59:44 PM (No. 385838)
he's one of those twerpy little twerps on stupid-late teevee who has about as many listeners as my conch shell doorstop.
There's a drug test for this type of show. If you pass it, you can't watch.
Rush has 1000 times more followers than all these ridiculous little pissants combined.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
BigGeorgeTX 4/20/2020 5:06:05 PM (No. 385843)
If I actually knew who this John Oliver person was, maybe I'd care. But I doubt it.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
DVC 4/20/2020 6:05:43 PM (No. 385870)
I looked this guy up, since I had zero idea why I should care what he says.
I found out that I shouldn't care at all what he says. Just some mouthy Brit who pretends to be a comedian, and is an extreme leftist. I'll continue to ignore him, with a bit more focus now that I am certain that I don't like him, rather than just having no idea that he was even alive.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Newtsche 4/20/2020 6:20:58 PM (No. 385884)
John Oliver is so smart! And funny too!!
Or so he's been told.
You can fool some of the people all of the time.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Wendybird 4/20/2020 6:30:28 PM (No. 385890)
Oliver might be right about the number 19 being the year the virus was named, but not that it might be number 19, or could be 1,000, since as Rush says, it is merely a more virulent version of the common cold virus. 1,000 is about how many times smarter Rush is than John Oliver. Also, he can't deny that some hospitals are counting deaths from just about any cause as coronavirus deaths. Reimbursement is better.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 4/20/2020 7:05:37 PM (No. 385912)
I read VF as soon as I finish all the back issues of NRO. Bwahhahaha
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Vesicant 4/20/2020 7:20:55 PM (No. 385925)
Oliver looks and acts like Adam Schiff's even more concussed brother.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
chiller 4/20/2020 7:30:13 PM (No. 385933)
Is that all you've got , John ? The name for COVID-19 (or is it COVID-9 ?...ask Joe) ...or Dr. Phil's incorrect stat about something totally unrelated ?
We've got all the important stuff right and you avoided a real challenge on any of those---HCQ for starters.
It is like the flu, it is in the cold family (for which there is still no vaccine). I notice Oliver didn't take on Trump, who's instincts have proven correct once again.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
pros7767 4/20/2020 7:40:48 PM (No. 385938)
Sorry John.
I'm on the Rush train! With the exception of NY/NJ, there was no need to shut down the entire economy!
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
NancyD 4/20/2020 7:41:08 PM (No. 385939)
Why shut down States that aren't having the problems? In Michigan, Detroit area is infected, but the majority of the state is not, yet its shut down. Today Whitmer made some idiotic comments about jetskiers should care more about their grandparents than Jetski's Such a stupid comment because boaters want to be able to be on their boats. Michigan is one State that has the most boat owners, and marinas, and supporting workers want to open. Dem politicians are such idiots...
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
chase9365 4/20/2020 8:04:54 PM (No. 385956)
Never watch this arrogant $#!+. What he fails to realize is that while Nancy eats 21 flavors of ice cream...Thousands or Millions of Americans are without a paycheck and might not have a job to come back to. Sad that an arrogant little $#!+ fails to realize this and chooses to demonize some hard working Americans!
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
red1066 4/20/2020 8:09:16 PM (No. 385961)
It's not about the 41 or 42 thousand that have died, it's the percentage of those that have the illness, compared to the total number of people in this country, and the extended period of time this country has been shutdown. The shutdown and the percentage of those with the illness just don't add up. The shutdown was based on models that had social distancing factored in, and they were still so far off, they not only weren't in the ballpark, the models couldn't find the ballpark even if you let them through the gate. Now after over a month of doing what the doctors told us to do, people are fed up. Remember, these same doctors told us at the start, the shutdown would only last two weeks. However, the shutdown just went on and on, and the restrictions put on people kept increasing. People aren't stupid. They see and hear these news conferences and they know what's what. After crying wolf for over a month, people have decided they are willing to take the risk even with some of the precautions still in place.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
Italiano 4/20/2020 8:16:21 PM (No. 385964)
Whose predictions turned out to be more accurate, Limbaugh's or the "experts," Dr. Strangelove and Nurse Ratched?
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
beca 4/20/2020 8:27:46 PM (No. 385968)
I have no idea who this loser is.... leave Rush alone. He’s going through treatment you jerk ..
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
anniebc 4/21/2020 3:15:45 AM (No. 386156)
So what? Who the heck is he anyway?
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
Strike3 4/21/2020 4:03:37 AM (No. 386165)
Like Rush says, he must tie half his brain behind his back for these idiots to be on an even keel with him. I have never known him to be wrong. Apparently Oliver is new in town.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 4/21/2020 4:13:12 AM (No. 386167)
Oliver, go back to your virus-infested London where you can self-depreciate better.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
judy 4/21/2020 5:47:15 AM (No. 386179)
Vanity Fair is about as reliable as the WP NY Times & Yahoo....VF please name one thing Rush stated that is untrue.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
NYbob 4/21/2020 2:24:51 PM (No. 386755)
He is a freakish British comedian who found a niche in the US entertainment industry. By pretending to know what he is talking about he has become some kind of fake 'expert.' As he laughingly told Seinfield or some other interviewer, he has NO idea what he is talking about. It's all in his snarky delivery. That's where the money is for this soulless clown.
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