Episode
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Episode 222: Sponcon
Overview
John Oliver explains why the integrity of local news is so important, how sponsored content could damage that integrity, and why the Venus Veil is so much more than a blanket. (It's not.)
Details
- Series
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 13
- Air date
- 2021-05-23
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Episode 222: Sponcon is Episode 13 in Season 8 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. It aired on 2021-05-23. The runtime is 30 min.
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