Mr. Yost

June 1st, 2015 at 6:09 PM ^

Jack Warner, a former vice president of world soccer’s governing body, FIFA, defended himself against corruption charges on Sunday by citing an article from The Onion, apparently unaware that it was satire. Mr. Warner, 72, who was arrested last week in connection with a wide-ranging criminal investigation by the United States Justice Department, held up the faux news report, calling it evidence of an American conspiracy, in a video statement that was uploaded to the web and then removed later in the day.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/01/world/americas/ex-fifa-official-jack-…

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harmon40

June 1st, 2015 at 6:17 PM ^

r.e. the atrocious death toll for slave laborers building World Cup stadiums in Qatar:

FIFA WARNING

A stadium is being planned in your area

Evacuate immediately

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Avant's Hands

June 1st, 2015 at 6:45 PM ^

Absolutely my favorite thing on TV right now. I don't have HBO, but his YouTube channel puts the main story online the next day and it isn't hard to find the two or three short stories he covers each week. I think this FIFA one was the best story yet.

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michiganfanforlife

June 2nd, 2015 at 1:02 AM ^

John Oliver is hilarious and so right on the money. Nobody likes how the NCAA does it's business but these guys make them look like moral pillars of justice. Sad that the big sponsors are the only ones that can really do anything, because they will just keep raking in the cash and look the other way.

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