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TS, do you really think Maher, Oliver and Colbert should be lumped together though? They frequently are, but I feel like their similarities pretty much begin and end at "liberal infotainment show host". They're very different in the way they structure their shows, the topics they focus on, their delivery... the only ones that kind of overlap are Colbert, Trevor Noah and Seth Meyers.
Regardless of that, I disagree with the assertion their message has become classist. The only guy you could really pin that on would be Maher because he so vividly embodies the "liberal snob" stereotype. If any of them are guilty of alienating working class religious white people, that would be him.
I do think that it has become kind of repetitive how much they all focus on Trump as a source of jokes, but I'd like to offer a different perspective: during the election cycle, they took it upon themselves to showcase the ridiculousness of his campaign and of Trump as a public figure while actual news shows were excessively tame (specially during the primaries). While Trump was running around accusing a Hispanic judge of being biased towards him because of heritage and being caught on tape saying what's probably the most outrageous line you'll ever hear out of a highly influential politician (grab'em by the pussy), news channels limited their coverage to "oh my, he said that. In other news..."
So now that general scrutiny towards Trump has increased, their material kind of falls on deaf ears, but if anything they were the most consistent.
Regardless of that, I disagree with the assertion their message has become classist. The only guy you could really pin that on would be Maher because he so vividly embodies the "liberal snob" stereotype. If any of them are guilty of alienating working class religious white people, that would be him.
I do think that it has become kind of repetitive how much they all focus on Trump as a source of jokes, but I'd like to offer a different perspective: during the election cycle, they took it upon themselves to showcase the ridiculousness of his campaign and of Trump as a public figure while actual news shows were excessively tame (specially during the primaries). While Trump was running around accusing a Hispanic judge of being biased towards him because of heritage and being caught on tape saying what's probably the most outrageous line you'll ever hear out of a highly influential politician (grab'em by the pussy), news channels limited their coverage to "oh my, he said that. In other news..."
So now that general scrutiny towards Trump has increased, their material kind of falls on deaf ears, but if anything they were the most consistent.