NEW YORK — John Oliver is looking for laughs, and promising the truth.
The funnyman returned to HBO Sunday night with the premiere episode of an all new season of “Last Week Tonight.” While Oliver is hoping the show’s ninth season is funny, he’s determined to make sure it’s at least factual. He worries there isn’t a lot of that going on these days.
“It’s not just (Joe) Rogan,” Oliver said. “It feels like there’s a much broader problem with people on podcasts and on TV very confidently passing along horses—. Whether they know it’s horses— or not, at some point, it doesn’t matter.”
