Why I Dislike "Why I Dislike John Oliver". It's because of this quote: To be more specific, what’s really missing from Oliver is skin in the game. He

Why I Dislike "Why I Dislike John Oliver". It's because of this quote: To be more specific, what’s really missing from Oliver is skin in the game. He weighs in on controversial political topics. Unlike an actual politician however, Oliver’s constituency is people who want to chuckle. About skin in the game: so what? Which of the legendary guys-reading-news-from-a-desk have had skin in the game? Walter Cronkite did not. Alan Brinkley did not. They are reporting the news, that's the job. They aren't supposed to be providing first-person reports as participants in the news being reported. This is also wrong about the constituency. There are better ways to get yuks. I see John Oliver as making news appealing to those who might otherwise be ignorant. The righteousness often present is certainly part of that same kind of appeal.