John Oliver delved right into his topic of the night, discussing Hungary‘s descent into far-right populism via Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s documented legal coup.
While making a point about Orbán and his wealthy supporters’ acquisition of myriad online and print publications, radio outlets and TV stations, and how negative coverage of the government has nosedived since then, the political comic took a shot at Paramount on Last Week Tonight.
“Wow. A far-right leader’s friends and allies just buying up all the media outlets in the country and turning them into conservative sycophants — can you imagine that? I sure can’t,” he said sarcastically, as an image of the David Ellison-owned corporation flashed on screen. “That’s definitely not something I’ve had recurring nightmares about for the past month!”
President Donald Trump and other MAGA supporters, like Tucker Carlson and Ben Shapiro, have championed Orbán, though Hungary’s economic
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