Republican presidential candidate frequently complain about reporters, but they routinely face even greater ridicule by a wing of the media that makes no pretense to being fair and balanced – television’s late night humorists. Front-runner Donald Trump was recently target of a harsh, unprecedented 22-minute monologue by HBO’s John Oliver, who uncovered Trump’s ancestral name and urged viewers to “Make Donald Drumpf Again.” The segment has been downloaded more than 20 million times on YouTube.
