Government Surveillance: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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Published 2015-04-05
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All Comments (21)
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Edward Snowden is an American hero, end of story.
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You can literally pinpoint the moment when Snowdens heart breaks in half.
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Jesus, you can see the soul leaving Snowden’s eyes while he watches the New York interviews.
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The fact that this was Snowden's first major media interview back then just shows how amazing/underrated John Oliver is. I heard someone in some interview reveal that 'Snowden's people wanted to do this only with Oliver as he does the best journalism'... That's exactly what you get from this whole episode. It's both funny and smart, without painting Snowden either as a hero or a villain. You do see that Oliver has a soft spot for Snowden, but his journalistic ethics stop him from looking too biased.
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John Oliver, teaching smart people how to translate their smart ideas to concepts everyone can understand and relate to.
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Holy shit is this so well done. I could not stop laughing during the second half of that interview.
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John translating the serious and complicated issues into idiot friendly explanations is a MASSIVE service to this country. Its 2021 and this sadly is as relevant as the day it was published.
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It took me a while to get what Oliver was after - personalize the data, and suddenly the American Public is interested as hell as to what the Government is doing with our data. That was a clever mechanism. I think a story about the making of this episode would be fascinating.
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23:00 Crushed soul Poor Snowden, he is an actual modern day hero.
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A british guy, who hosts an American TV show went to Russia to interview an American that can't live in America anymore.
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I just want to say, even 7 years after this interview, you're not forgotten Snowden. What you did was incredibly brave, and incredibly patriotic. Every now and then I think about you and wish that you will soon be pardoned
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"If we sacrifice our values because we're afraid, we don't really care about those values." Said by a man, a hero, who threw his entire life and any safety he might have in service to his values. Mr. Edward Snowden cares about his values.
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I am german and I think Mr. Snowden is a hero.
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Welcome to America: where the comedians are the journalists and the journalists are the comedians.
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Man, John was AMAZING in this interview. Like, he was 100% serious, and asked the hard questions.
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This piece deserves the highest journalistic accolade. John Oliver is brilliant.
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Snowden totally missed a chance to call it "Junk mail"
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poor Edward Snowden, the look on his face like "is this what I sacrificed my freedom for"
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Edward Snowden is a true American hero. It’s important to inform ourselves of all the information he sacrificed his life for.
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This is an award winning episode, and why I watch John Oliver. Well done.
