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John Oliver's Take on the State of Journalism Sparks Discussion [1]

"The newspaper industry is suffering. That’s bad news for journalists — both real and fictional."

John Oliver's segment on journalism on Last Week Tonight August 7, 2016. [2]

SEE ALSO:

"Newspaper Association of America President & CEO David Chavern to John Oliver: Newspapers Need Solutions, Not Petty Insults and Stating the Obvious" (Newspaper Association of America/David Chavern) [3]

"How Not To Respond To John Oliver’S Ode To Local Newspapers" (Washington Post/Margaret Sullivan) [4]

"John Oliver: ‘The Media Is A Food Chain Which Would Fall Apart Without Local Newspapers’" (Poynter/Kristin Hare) [5]

"The Newspaper Association of America Is Mad At John Oliver For Telling The Truth About Journalism" (Quartz/Josh Horwitz) [6]

"Watch: John Oliver’s “Spotlight” Spoof Offers A “Depressingly Accurate” Vision Of Journalism’s Decline" (Quartz/Ashley Rodriguez) [7]

"Newspaper Association Dings John Oliver For Journalism Segment" (Poynter/Benjamin Mullin) [8]

"John Oliver Is Wrong About Saving Journalism" (Medum/Charlie Beckett) [9]

Journalism & Media [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Public [12]
Source: Last Week Tonight [2], 08/09/2016
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/john-olivers-take-state-journalism-sparks-discussion [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq2_wSsDwkQ [3] http://www.naa.org/News-and-Media/Press-Center/Archives/2016/NAA-CEO-to-John-Oliver.aspx [4] https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/how-not-to-respond-to-john-olivers-ode-to-local-newspapers/2016/08/08/c9c92240-5da6-11e6-8e45-477372e89d78_story.html?postshare=5441470701920748&tid=ss_tw-bottom [5] http://www.poynter.org/2016/john-oliver-the-media-is-a-food-chain-which-would-fall-apart-without-local-newspapers/425319/ [6] http://qz.com/753711/the-newspaper-association-of-america-is-mad-at-john-oliver-for-telling-the-truth-about-journalism/ [7] http://qz.com/752972/watch-john-olivers-spotlight-spoof-offers-a-depressingly-accurate-vision-of-journalisms-decline/ [8] http://www.poynter.org/2016/newspaper-association-dings-john-oliver-for-journalism-segment/425451/ [9] https://medium.com/@CharlieBeckett/jon-oliver-is-wrong-about-saving-journalism-32110109b808#.w892xyttu [10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [11] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [12] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81