NEW YORK—Since 2006, John Oliver has proved his mettle as a phony journalist on "The Daily Show." Serving in numerous "reporting" roles on the spoof newscast, but chiefly as senior British correspondent, the Birmingham, England-born Oliver is schoolboyish, poker-faced and emphatic in explaining America to itself (whether the topic is Occupy Wall Street, gun control or the N-word), satisfied that his accent from across the pond makes anything he says, however off-kilter, sound authoritative here in the New World. Recently Oliver said a simple "yes" to his boss, Jon Stewart, who means to take the summer off to make a feature film and asked Oliver to fill in for him at the "Daily Show"...
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