When I heard that John Oliver – the HBO news comedian – had interviewed NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden , I cringed. Snowden’s few interviews up until last week had been only with sober journalists, after all. What cheap jokes would funny man Oliver tell to downplay Snowden’s devastatingly serious message?
The first two-thirds of the episode seemed to confirm my worst suspicions. Oliver indeed talks about government surveillance like it’s a whoopee cushion, rather than […]
