Oliver adds journalism to his comedy

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Oliver adds journalism to his comedy

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/oliver-adds-journalism-comedy-202551411.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/M6XJsTWroIt4YpMq205oaw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9Njk7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/40f22081c15fbb25600f6a7067008d4f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this April 2014 image released by HBO, host John Oliver speaks during &quot;Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,&quot; in New York. Oliver, who subbed for Jon Stewart as host of &quot;The Daily Show&quot; last summer and began his own HBO weekly show in April, often devotes about half of his 30 minutes to a single topic below the headlines. His subsequent report questioning the pageant's scholarship program was the latest example of how Oliver has quickly moved beyond his roots at &quot;The Daily Show&quot; to produce something distinctive, and usually hilarious. (AP Photo/HBO, Eric Liebowitz)" align="left" title="In this April 2014 image released by HBO, host John Oliver speaks during &quot;Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,&quot; in New York. Oliver, who subbed for Jon Stewart as host of &quot;The Daily Show&quot; last summer and began his own HBO weekly show in April, often devotes about half of his 30 minutes to a single topic below the headlines. His subsequent report questioning the pageant's scholarship program was the latest example of how Oliver has quickly moved beyond his roots at &quot;The Daily Show&quot; to produce something distinctive, and usually hilarious. (AP Photo/HBO, Eric Liebowitz)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? In poking fun at the Miss America pageant on the most recent episode of HBO's &quot;Last Week Tonight,&quot; John Oliver reached for the comedic equivalent of low-hanging fruit. Then he veered into something wholly unexpected ? investigative journalism.</p><br clear="all"/>

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