For a year, the host of HBO’s Last Week Tonight has been griping about FIFA and its shady president, Sepp Blatter. Now that Blatter has resigned, it was Oliver’s time to shine. We might need to change John Oliver’s name to Cassandra. Last June, the batty Brit’s HBO program Last Week Tonight aired a segment blasting soccer’s international governing body, FIFA, and its overlord, president Sepp Blatter, for perceived corruption. Oliver branded it a “comically grotesque organization” that should answer for its sins. And during last week’s episode, the host doubled down on FIFA and Blatter, pledging “the ultimate sacrifice” if some of the big-name brands that back FIFA pulled out and demanded...
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