Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Narendra Modi=== John Oliver extensively satirized Indian prime minister [[Narendra Modi]] in a segment which was broadcast on February 23, 2020, calling him a "temporary symbol of hate."<ref>{{Cite web |author=LastWeekTonight |date=February 24, 2020 |title=Modi: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVIXUhZ2AWs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211104/qVIXUhZ2AWs |archive-date=November 4, 2021 |website=YouTube |language=en-US |access-date=March 8, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> This was during a visit of US president [[Donald Trump]] to India, and in [[Namaste Trump|an organized rally]] that coincided with [[2020 Delhi riots|large-scale violence in Delhi]].<ref name="TempHate">{{Cite news |last=Horton |first=Adrian |date=February 24, 2020 |title=John Oliver explains Trump's support of Modi, India's 'temporary symbol of hate' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/feb/24/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-recap-trump-modi-india |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229180408/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/feb/24/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-recap-trump-modi-india |archive-date=February 29, 2020 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |access-date=February 26, 2018}}</ref> He criticized Modi's "increasingly controversial reputation and [[Citizenship Amendment Act protests|widespread protests against his government's citizenship measures]]", as well as the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]'s condoning of widespread [[violence against Muslims in India]].<ref name="TempHate" /> [[Disney+ Hotstar]], an Indian streaming service who holds rights to HBO programming in the country, refused to stream the episode, leading to criticism by local viewers (including Hotstar's apps being [[review bomb]]ed with 1-star reviews).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hotstar Gets 1-Star Reviews for Pro-Government Censorship of John Oliver |url=https://gadgets.ndtv.com/entertainment/news/hotstar-1-star-reviews-modi-john-oliver-last-week-tonight-censorship-backlash-2185798 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306023425/https://gadgets.ndtv.com/entertainment/news/hotstar-1-star-reviews-modi-john-oliver-last-week-tonight-censorship-backlash-2185798 |archive-date=March 6, 2020 |website=NDTV Gadgets 360 |date=February 26, 2020 |language=en |access-date=February 27, 2020}}</ref> Oliver addressed the censorship in the March 8, 2020, episode, also noting that since the acquisition of Hotstar by [[The Walt Disney Company]] (which occurred as part of its [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|acquisition of 21st Century Fox]]),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Disney Plans Southeast Asia Expansion for Hotstar |url=https://gadgets.ndtv.com/entertainment/news/hotstar-southeast-asia-expansion-disney-bob-iger-star-india-2081496 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807112424/https://gadgets.ndtv.com/entertainment/news/hotstar-southeast-asia-expansion-disney-bob-iger-star-india-2081496 |archive-date=August 7, 2019 |access-date=March 9, 2020 |website=NDTV Gadgets 360 |date=August 7, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Hotstar had begun to censor jokes regarding Disney characters from the program, such as his "factually-accurate" claim that [[Donald Duck]] had a [[corkscrew penis]].<ref name="thr-lwthotstar">{{Cite web |date=March 8, 2020 |title=John Oliver Slams Disney-Owned Streamer for Censoring 'Last Week Tonight' Jokes About Disney |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/john-oliver-slams-disney-owned-hotstar-removing-jokes-disney-1283146 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310025824/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/john-oliver-slams-disney-owned-hotstar-removing-jokes-disney-1283146 |archive-date=March 10, 2020 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |access-date=March 9, 2020}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page