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Climate Change Debate: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight · comedy · Watch on YouTube

Media, journalism & propagandaClimate policy, solutions & debateSatire & parody

What it is

A short Last Week Tonight segment where John Oliver stages a statistically representative climate debate, with Bill Nye facing a crowd of dissenters. It satirizes false balance in media coverage.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited to illustrate false balance and the trouble with giving all sides equal weight.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “While looking for the clip I found this gem”

    John Oliver on false balance in climate debate

    lbenes, 2015-10 · Recommendation · in “Gains in Antarctic ice might offset losses”

  2. “demonstrated beautifully by John Oliver”

    Oliver illustrates false balance in climate coverage

    BLKNSLVR, 2022-02 · Recommendation · in “You cannot police misinformation in a fair, reproducible, and representative way”

  3. “There is a nice visual example of this made by John Oliver on his show”

    Visual illustration of climate consensus versus false balance

    consp, 2022-07 · Recommendation · in “The audacious PR plot that seeded doubt about climate change”

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Topics: john oliver, climate change, false balance, satire, misinformation

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