An uproarious, moving John Oliver is perfect on Ferguson

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50. Media owners, like kings of old, only tolerate dissent from their jesters, is why.

If they go too far, like Olbermann or Rather, they will be villified then replaced by another who speaks to the American sense of indignation and their longing for justice. As they are shown the door, the masses focus on that and not the truth of what got them tossed off the air. Thus the narrative cannot build upon itself with repetition to effect needed change.