The host of HBO’s final Week Tonight has delivered an expletive-filled defence of French values in the face of the ‘bankrupt ideology’ of the terroristsHe has used soap actors to pay tribute to Syrian refugees,mocked Fifa vice-president Jack Warner and made headlines with his treatment of dry topics such as net neutrality. At the weekend, John Oliver continued to push the boundaries of current affairs reporting on his HBO present final Week Tonight with a typically frank response to the Paris attacks. During Sunday night’s monologue he took advantage of the US cable channel’s relaxed policy on swearing. “After the many necessary and appropriate moments of silence, or I’d like to offer you a moment of premium cable profanity … it’s hardly been 48 hours but there are a few things we can say for certain.
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Source: theguardian.com