{"id":15098,"date":"2016-08-08T01:07:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T08:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=15098"},"modified":"2016-08-08T01:24:09","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T08:24:09","slug":"las-vegas-review-journal-takes-hits-from-last-week-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/las-vegas-review-journal-takes-hits-from-last-week-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Review-Journal Takes Hits from “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Las Vegas Review-Journal and its owner Sheldon Adelson took some jabs on the most recent installment of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver.”<\/p>\n

Host John Oliver devoted a portion of his Aug. 7, 2016 episode to the challenges facing the world of journalism, and broached the subject of problems arising from newspapers being owned by bajillionaires.<\/p>\n

One of those bajillionaires, Sheldon Adelson, purchased the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and ever since there’s been an exodus of experienced reporters as well as concerns about the publication’s ability to cover stories related to Adelson’s business concerns.<\/p>\n

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We would make a sharky comment about Sheldon Adelson were it not for the fact he currently employs more lawyers than China, France and Germany combined.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sheldon Adelson is the Chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp., which owns Venetian,
\nPalazzo and the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

During the journalism segment<\/a>, “Last Week Tonight” explains Adelson’s “businesses are at
\nthe center of a lot of the stories the Review-Journal covers.”<\/p>\n

John Oliver goes on to state, “There could not be a worse owner of a paper in Vegas than
\nSheldon Adelson, with the possible exception of Cirque du Soleil. Because they wouldn’t
\neven give you a newspaper, you’d just have a fistful of glitter thrown in your face by a
\n90-pound man in a thong.”<\/p>\n

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We are not aware of any Cirque show in Las Vegas that utilizes glitter, but let’s not get bogged down in details.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A highlight of the segment, though, is a satirical commercial for a “Spotlight”-inspired film. The piece shows a news team balancing hard-hitting news with Web-friendly fluff pieces that strive to get lots of clicks, “likes” and retweets. (A scenario, we should say, which plays itself out in local Las Vegas media daily.)<\/p>\n

The mock movie trailer includes a review of the movie by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.<\/p>\n

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Fun fact: Before appearing on SNL and in awful movies like “We’re the Millers,” Jason Sudeikis used to perform with Second City in Bugsy’s Celebrity Theater at Flamingo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here’s video of the segment on “Last Week Tonight.” Skip to 12:20 for the Vegas stuff.<\/p>\n

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