The Huffington Post has upped the ante in response to the online video John Oliver posted on Sunday before his show’s two-week hiatus.
The host of “Last Week Tonight” threw down the gauntlet when he criticized the Huffington Post’s use of exaggerated headlines and then proceeded to literally “destroy” a piñata to show what “destroy” truly means.
The Huffington Post responded with a slew of headlines, which were part of an article titled:
Here are some of the headlines that the HuffPo created, which played into Oliver’s accusations:
h/t Mediaite
Once again the HP enters a battle of wits unarmed.
John Oliver would like to respond to Huffington Post, but he doesn’t meet Huff Post requirement of having a Facebook account in order to post a comment. Huffington Post is a case study in how to not run a website.
I stopped wasting my time at HP years ago. Doubt it’s gotten better. Oliver can destroy anyone they’ve got in his sleep. They are probably delighted to be in the news.
I was a early reader of the Post but soon soured as they keep stories on the site long after the they have either died or the story has changed to the point the original is wrong. They rewrite headlines and ofter use headlines that actually don’t relate to the story. HP has become more interested in clicks than real news. The site has way to much of crap about nothing than hard news. I realize that to fill all those pages you need print but filling them with the dead and Hollywood propaganda is a waste of time. I still quickly run through but never get beyond half the page on any page I open.
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