John Oliver reports on the suffering newspaper industry, and uses a hilarious send-up of the Oscar-winning movie ‘Spotlight,’ to show why that’s bad news for journalists – both real and fictional. At one time, journalists were thoroughly occupied, researching and investigating important stories and disseminating them to us. Today’s Woodward and Bernstein might have little time to investigate Watergate – assuming their editor believed it was worth their time. An adorable raccoon story that is a guaranteed click-frenzy might take precedence over political intrigue.
See why I am now shamed into re-subscribing to the next lucky newspaper representative who phones my house. In the farcical movie trailer ‘Stoplight’ – we catch a glimpse of how the dying newspaper industry that we all depend upon, could transform into a ‘multi-platform-content-redistribution-center.’ I doubt whether those things even have a decent crossword.