I mean John Oliver is carrying on exactly what the Daily Show was doing, just adjusted for the current time period. Not revolutionary politics, simply bringing attention to stories that are being ignored by everyone else with a remotely large audience.
It's easy to dismiss TDS as "look how hypocritical the GOP is, what is the DEAL with these guys, amiright??" But in their heyday there was no one else in the US on broadcast tv or cable even being that mildly critical. Not a high bar to clear obviously, and certainly not worthy of the crazy nostalgia a lot of liberals have for the show... but it was still something.
It's easy to dismiss TDS as "look how hypocritical the GOP is, what is the DEAL with these guys, amiright??" But in their heyday there was no one else in the US on broadcast tv or cable even being that mildly critical. Not a high bar to clear obviously, and certainly not worthy of the crazy nostalgia a lot of liberals have for the show... but it was still something.