Episode
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Astroturfing
Overview
Organizations can hire fake advocates who create the illusion of real support for their message. It’s a shady practice called astroturfing that can warp the public perception of anything...even astroturfing.
Details
- Series
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 2018-08-12
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Astroturfing is Episode 20 in Season 5 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. It aired on 2018-08-12. The runtime is 30 min.
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