Fox News “Media Buzz:” host Howard Kurtz said UK-based Sky “blatantly censored” late-night host John Oliver recently.
“Oliver told a bunch of Queen Elizabeth jokes on his HBO show,” said Kurtz.
Those jokes Kurtz referenced included Oliver quipping that the “UK is still clearly reeling from the shocking death of a 96-year-old woman who died from natural causes.”
According to the New York Post, Sky edited everything on “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” between the jokes about the president of Chile and Liz Truss.
“When the program was replayed in the UK by Sky Television which is owned by Comcast, those jokes were cut out,” said Kurtz. “Oliver was only allowed to mock the new Prime Minister, Liz Truss.”
Kurtz said he understands the greater sensitivity that the network felt.
“That’s blatant censorship, either run the show intact or don’t air it at all,” said Kurtz.
“Last Week Tonight” with John Oliver has won an Emmy for Outstanding Variety Talk series seven years in a row.
