As much as I enjoy Jon Stewart, he doesn’t really hold a candle to John Oliver: Because Oliver always draws the line between outrageous situations and the political actors who created them. Because Oliver urges you to contact your legislators and get something done. This segment, exposing the abuses of contract farming in the chicken industry,…
John Oliver explains the politics of chicken
I saw this segment and was truly stunned. All that work and money invested and these corporations bankrupt you?! So now I hate myself for loving chicken. I do try and buy the hormone-free, no antibiotics, etc. Never Tyson or Perdue. I guess boycotting chicken doesn’t help the farmers either, though.
I’m sure Fox News and their wingnut base will find a way to blame the farmers for their poverty.
John Oliver is a genius.
The chickenf*ckers are … hard to know what to call them. They give scum a bad name.