John Oliver is one of the important progressive voice in the late night shows. His tv show “Last Week Tonight” is usually viewed by millions of viewers. I used to be a fan of John Oliver when he went after televangelist scam, FIFA etc. These days John Oliver is not being truthful to his audiences. I can point many other episodes where he cherry picks the information to push his narrative or mislead the audience. In this article, I will focus on Brett Kavanaugh: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO). You can watch the full episode below.

The discussion about Brett Kavanaugh starts at 2:10.

First, he started by showing Dr. Ford opening statement in the testimony.

Comments: John Oliver conveniently left the fact that Senator Diane Feinstein sat on the sexual assault allegation letter against Brett Kavanaugh for more than six weeks without bringing it up until the 11th hour before the confirmation. He never spoke about it in the whole episode. This incident happened before Dr. Ford’s testimony. He left that out and started with Dr. Ford’s opening statement

At 3:09, John Oliver went after Rachel Mitchell (sex crime prosecutor in this case) when she questioned Dr. Ford about who paid for the polygraph. Dr. Ford answered, “ I do not remember” . Then Dr. Ford’s lawyers picked the mic and said, “ Her lawyers paid for the polygraph.” Then John Oliver and audience laughed about it implying that Rachel Mitchell was asking silly questions.

Comments: In general, a prosecutor establishes an idea of how well the victim can remember things by asking serious of different questions. Also, note that there was a sworn testimony came few days after the episode that says Dr. Ford coached her friend to pass a polygraph, which she denied during the testimony. John Oliver poking fun at Mitchell’s question about polygraph does not make sense. Anyway, this is trivial.

At 5:00, Oliver said Dr. Ford was more credible because Fox news also said that she was credible, and then he showed Chris Wallace saying Dr. Ford was credible.

Comments: Chris Wallace is a Democrat. If he was implying a case that even Republicans were saying that Dr. Ford was credible, he should have chosen a Republican commentator. On a bigger picture, this is not relevant.

At 7:30, John Oliver said Brett Kavanaugh was pushing a conspiracy theory, and then he showed Brett Kavanaugh’s opening statement where he said, “Democrats are coming after him.”

Comments: Senator Diane Feinstein holding the allegation for six weeks is not a conspiracy theory except it is a fact. John Oliver hid the truth here and said that Brett Kavanaugh was peddling some conspiracy theory.

At 13:20, John Oliver spoke about BK’s calendar. He picked a date in the calendar and said that this could be the day that BK attended the gathering where BK sexually assaulted Dr. Ford because PJ Smith and Mark Judge were there in the calendar in that day.

Comments: Dr. Ford does not know anything about the date. John Oliver was clearly misleading the audience. JO also did not mention Dr. Ford does not remember the date, time, or location. Dr. Ford also changed them often.

Read the sex crime prosecutor (Rachel Mitchel)report:

At 13:36, JO showed a clip where BK said, “all 4 Ford’s witnesses said it did not happen”. JO rebuts by saying Leland Keyser did not recollect the party but she believes Dr. Ford’s story.

Comment: You can see Leland’s letter to the Senate here. It is difficult to follow how Leland believing her Friend’s story is credible. She was not corroborating anything.

Note: Leland was pressured to change her story. This news came after the episode.

At 15:40, John Oliver said Devil’s triangle is a threesome sex.

Comments: Twitter users picked that Devil’s Triangle means threesome sex from the Urban dictionary. Urban dictionary is very recent. John Oliver went full Alex Jones here.

After the episode, the following letter to the Senate came:

It insists that Devil’s triangle is indeed a drinking game.

At 17:00, John Oliver claimed Dr. Ford was nothing to gain in this. BK has everything to gain here.

Comments: There are a lot of facts are hidden here. She is a Democrat and also a donor to Democrats. Most Democrats do not want BK. Saying that she has no motivation is overseeing the facts.

At 19:10, John Oliver said “he said/she said” scenario could have been avoided if Senate called Mark Judge and Leland Keyser.

Comments: First, the Senate hearing was postponed by Dr. Ford. She said she has a fear of flying which turns out to be untrue. There was no mention of it in the episode. Mark Judge and Keyser sent the letter that carries perjury charges to the Senate. They stated they did not know about the party. They can not change the story. It hard to see what John Oliver wanted here. Also note, seventh FBI investigation started two days before the episode and Mark Judge was ready to co-operate. This was also never mentioned.

At 20:00, John Oliver said BK was not asking for FBI investigation that implied he might be guilty. Also, John Oliver said BK should prove his innocence in every possible way: FBI Investigation, polygraph test, a sworn affidavit from Mark Judge

Comments: BK had six FBI investigation previously. BK did not want to give into the delay tactic by Democrats. Why does BK want to give into FBI investigation where there is no witness? Also, Democrats wanted the truth they could have started FBI investigation six weeks before the first confirmation date. The polygraph is a complete BS. JO was peddling this nonsense again and again.

At 21:00, JO said BK was not eligible though he is not guilty of sexual assault because of his temperament.

Comments: BK was accused of a gang rapist and he defended himself angrily. JO was making a weak case by implying BK is always a belligerent person because he defended angrily.

At 21:30, JO said the supreme court is a nonpartisan institution. Thus BK should be impartial, and BK was not. Therefore, BK was not eligible.

Comments (Whataboutism alert): We can expect JO would say the same to Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

At 22: 56, JO said why not change BK with another pro-life SC judge.

Comments: JO was acting very naive. He knew that this is will set the trend where unproven allegation will be used to stop any nominee in the future. He said it anyway.

At 25:01, JO joked Senator Lindsey Graham supported BK because Lindsey Graham would have to face a fight against BK in Rhode Island.

Comments: Rhode Island story where BK sexual assaulted someone in Rhode Island was a false allegation. This confirmed the BK’s concern where people were trying to bring him down. John Oliver hid this false allegation story against BK in his episode.

At 25:55, JO stated that SJC ( Senate Judiciary Committee) would not believe Dr.Ford’s account.

Comment: JO did not mention the following:

FBI investigation was already started.

2. GOP Senators (Flake, Collins, etc.) said they would vote only after FBI investigation came clean.

Finally, in this whole episode, John Oliver tried to reinforce the bias instead of telling the truth. It is up to you to seek the truth in the future episode and past episodes.

EDIT: I am updating spelling mistakes and grammar mistakes.