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The Daily Show host John Oliver and “deranged billionaire” John Hodgman on Wednesday night examined the purchase of The Washington Post by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos. Oliver observed that print journalism has been in decline. Less people were reading newspapers and companies weren't buying ad space. Hodgman, however, said he knew how to make money in journalism. He explained that the Internet had proven that what people really want "is their own opinions fed back to them for free."

The Daily Show host John Oliver on Tuesday night mocked the media's coverage of the newly born son of Prince William and Kate Middleton. He said the pomp surrounding the birth was like a "royal f*ck you" to every other baby born that day. Though Oliver hoped the birth of the royal baby would allow the media to move onto other more important topics, he was sorely disappointed to learn news outlets were now obsessed with speculation over the baby's name. He also observed that before the baby was even born, CNN was out bothering pregnant British women.